What to Look for When Choosing a Dog Trainer
< Updated 12OCT22 > < A short link for this page – https://bit.ly/DogTrainerChoosing > As someone who has been living with dogs since 1975 and teaching other people how to live happily with...
View ArticleShared Blog Post – Choke Collar Pathology
Dog Trainer Daniel Antolec discusses the danger of using choke collars on dogs in this June 13th, 2017 post on The Pet Professional Guild’s Blogs by the Guild –...
View ArticleShared Blog Post – The Double Advantage of Reward-Based Training
In this post on The Academy for Dog Trainers blog, Dr. Zazie Todd discusses the benefits of reward-based dog training. Key points addressed are: aversive methods are not more effective, studies suggest...
View ArticleIs Your Dog Your Best Friend or a Family Member?
If Yes, Then Please Join Me and Take the Pledge < A version of this article was published in the October 2017 issue of Downeast Dog News> Dogs were first referred to as “Man’s best friend” in...
View ArticleShared Blog Post – Malignant Behavior: The Cesar Millan Effect
In this video clip from the director of the documentary film Dogs, Cats, and Scapegoats you will earn about the damaging effects on dogs inflicted by America’s most famous self-described “animal...
View ArticleThings I Wish I Had Known Before I Selected My First Dog – Aversives are...
< Updated 02FEB19 > < A version of this article was published in the January 2019 issue of Downeast Dog News > < A short link to this article on my blog – <...
View ArticleThings I Wish I Had Known Before I Selected My First Dog – Aversives are...
< A version of this article was published in the February 2019 issue of Downeast Dog News > < A short link to this article on my blog – < http://bit.ly/Things-Aversives-2 > < A short...
View ArticlePodcast – Especially for New Puppy Parents – Part 3
< Click to Listen to Podcast > This episode of The Woof Meow Show from March 16th, 2019 is the third show in a three-part series. Kate and Don discuss; the initial training tasks you will want to...
View ArticlePodcast – Dog Training and Dog Smart: Evidence-based Training with The...
< Click to Listen to Podcast > < Shareable Short Link to this page > In this first of a two-part series, Kate and Don interview dog trainer and author Linda Case about her book Dog Smart:...
View ArticleAVSAB Issues Position Statement on Humane Dog Training – Shock, Prong & Choke...
< A version of this article was published in the OCT 2021 issue of Downeast Dog News> < Updated 10OCT21 > < A short link for this page – https://bit.ly/AVSABHumaneDogTraining > In...
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