Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT I adopted two adult, male Aussies named Conner and Flynn from Australian Shepherd Rescue so now I’m a volunteer. A little over a week ago, I got a call from Seattle Animal Care and Control notifying me that a purebred, female Australian Shepherd puppy had been surrendered. Once the puppy’s hold… [Read More]
Questions to Ask Before Adopting a Dog or Puppy
Carly Loyer Davis, CPDT It’s more than mildly ridiculous that a dog trainer would not have a dog. Unfortunately, living in a Seattle apartment is very rarely conducive to dog ownership/parentage. Similarly, college, working multiple jobs, and driving a lot don’t lend themselves to being an ideal dog owner. As a result, this dog trainer… [Read More]
Confrontational Behavior Modification Techniques and the Risk to Owners
James Ha, PhD, CAAB I have expressed my concern about confrontational behavior modification techniques in earlier blogs: the use of “positive punishment” or dominance and pack theory-based techniques, especially in the hands of untrained users, has been shown to be ineffective and to produce negative side effects. Hiby and colleagues demonstrated that positive reinforcement techniques… [Read More]
Seattle’s Proposed Breed Specific Legislation: Part 2
Carly Loyer Davis, BA Part One of this article pointed out that the proposed breed-specific legislation for the City of Seattle is ambiguous and uncertain in designating which dogs it should apply to. But even if the City works out this knot, the legislation creates further problems. Some of the restrictions on these breeds present… [Read More]
Pet Positive: Gentler Methods of Dog Training Come to Seattle
Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT Seattle Woman Magazine featured me and one of my clients for an article in their February issue titled Pet Positive: Gentler Methods of Dog Training Come to Seattle. The magazine did a very nice job of comparing and contrasting traditional (coercion based) methods of dog training with the positive reinforcement based… [Read More]
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