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- You and Your Dog’s Uniqueness. (A word in the ear of first Time Dog Owners)
- “Are you a Cesar Millan or a Victoria Stilwell?”
- Mental Health and Wellbeing is for dogs too.
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- How do we ‘Socialise’ our puppies whilst either in lock-down or social distancing?
- TV – Do our dogs love it or do they endure it?
- Stress causes dogs to go grey too.
- ‘Me Too’ for Dogs?
- Shameless anthropomorphism – and why not?
- Distraction ain’t Counter-Conditioning
- Dog Owner Reality Check .
- Old Person Young Dog
- If they don’t understand English – SHOUT
- Does ‘training’ alone really resolve unwanted behaviour?
- The ‘Uh-uh’ Tick
- A leftover from the dark ages of dog training?
- Old Owner, New Tricks?
- Say Hello Nicely.
- I’ve Hidden the Ball Thrower. A Cautionary Tale
- Your Choice – or is it?
- Cleanliness Next to Dogliness?
- GET ME OUT OF HERE!
- The Invisible Dog
- Forcing Square Pegs into Round Holes
- Always Look on the Bright Side Of Life…
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- We Exhale, Our Dogs (and Cats) Become Smokers Too
- Sensory Overload – Dogs Also?
- “I Never Feed my Dog Human Food”
- ‘ Command Your Dog to Sit’
- Fear of Men – Why are some dogs more wary of men?
- Stubborn Dog? Dogged Dog?
- Working Wage for Dogs?
- Snakes and Ladders
- Practice? Liszt or Chopsticks
- Silence Really IS Golden
- I Yelled ‘NO’! I Admit it!
- Education, Education, Education
- Why Pick on the Pit Bull?
- Habituation and Desensitisation. The Difference?
- A Second Fear Period?
- The Rucksack Walk
- Control the Environment or Control the Puppy?
- Being Bothered
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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Habituation and Desensitisation. The Difference?
This blog takes me back to my original reason for my Pawses, to mull over things that give me pause for thought. A short while ago I described in a professional Facebook group about how I had stopped my dog Pickle barking … Continue reading
A Second Fear Period?
Few dog owners I meet know that there is a first fear period. Even fewer know about a second one. It’s easier to pinpoint the first ‘Fear Imprint Period’ – some say between eight and thirteen weeks, others as small a … Continue reading
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Paws for Thought 