Adolescence! What Happened to My Cute Puppy?
Adolescent Laddie I (in the background) had lots of entertainment with his older "sister" Sessan (playing tetherball). I didn't even need to be there. Sessan regularly made up her own…
Click to Calm Basics
Click to calm is a method developed by Emma Parsons - a professional dog clicker trainer who travels the world teaching how this method can help reactive dogs. This method…
Week 6: Calming Signals, Walking, Advanced Stay/Wait, Distractions, Resources
SIX LESSON SUPPORTIVE MATERIALS Calming Signals As you move on with your training and even just daily interaction with your dog, it's important to let her or him have an…
Week 5: Calming Signals, Beginning Recall, Settle on a Mat Part II, Loose Leash Walking, Body Handling III
SIX LESSON SUPPORTIVE MATERIALS First, Calming Signals continued: It's now time to think about how we can use these calming signals to communicate with our dogs. Also, we can be…
Week 4: Calming Signals, Settle on the Mat Part I, Distractions, Polite Walking, Body Handling II
SIX LESSON SUPPORTIVE MATERIALS First, Dog Language and Calming Signals We'll keep learning more about dogs and the signals they use to communicate with us. For this week's homework, please…
Additional Video for Click to Calm
Click to Calm can work with all animals! Here's a video of Dora the Cat. She displayed reactivity towards people who entered her home or sat on her couch. She…
Week 3: Calming Signals, Duration of Sit/Lie Down, Mine/Take It, Body Handling
SIX LESSON SUPPORTIVE MATERIALS Dog Language and Calming Signals It's time to continue your journey in understanding dog calming signals. For this week's homework, please read pages 17 - 26…
Week 2: Name Game, Adding Verbal Cue to Target, and Body Language
SIX LESSONS SUPPORTIVE MATERIALS We have some tips for you that could help enhance your practice this week: First, The Name Game This is also called an attention getting cue.…
Week 1: Teaching Toss Treat/Eye Contact and Touch a Target
FIRST SIX LESSONS SUPPORTIVE MATERIALS For the first week, you'll be teaching your animal how to look at you (or towards you) and to touch a target. Your animal will…
Behavior Insights Overview
These articles are part of a series. Kinna attended the 2018 Norway Dog Symposium on March 3 & 4th. The symposium was organized by Turid Rugaas and included lectures about…