Dog Trainer and educator, Kristi Benson, follows up her last post on how she learned everything she needs to know about dog training from a hornet. In this post, Kristi describes how she helped her fearful dog Datson, overcome his fear of hornets. Great example of how to help a dog overcome his aversive-induced fear!
What could a hornet possibly teach us about dog training? The answer could mean everything to your dog. Another artfully-written and engaging post by dog trainer and educator, Kristi Benson, who introduces us to her Alaskan husky, Datson. Find out how a hornet inadvertently changed Datson’s life and what the implications are for dogs who are *purposely* trained with “hornets” (aversive stimuli).
Adopting? Fostering? A bit of preparation and some changes to your routine and house will set you and your new dog up for success, so you can focus on things that really matter. The things you wanted a dog for in the first place: taking pictures of him looking adorable while he sleeps or chewing on the squeaky squirrel toy, eating popcorn together on the couch watching Netflix, or kicking leaves in the park.
behavior modification, dog training, fostering, rescue dog
Have you ever used the term “my pack,” “dog pack” or “pack” in any other way to refer to a group of dogs? In this post trainer Kristi Benson discusses why this terminology is bad for dogs. She elaborates on behavioral differences between groups of dogs and wolves, and how wolf-pack terminology often leads to training methods that cause pain and discomfort for dogs, completely unnecessarily.
