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Before You Fall in Love: Finding the right dog to fit your family. Part 1.
This is an excerpt from Linda’s book, Do No Harm™ Dog Training and Behavior Manual, available to download here. A new dog romping around the house provides constant entertainment and unconditional love, but be prepared to train, exercise, and care for that puppy or rescue dog for a lifetime. When you make the decision to bring a…
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Teach Your Dog to Stop Jumping in 5 Steps
Teach Your Dog to Stop Jumping in 5 Steps By Linda Michaels, M.A. Psychology — Del Mar Dog Training Does your dog jump on you as if she’s in training for the Olympics and you are the trampoline? Squirting squirt guns and shaking cans of marbles are no fun for you or your dog, and…
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DogSense Chat on my Making the Case for Force-free Training Part 2
Part 2 of the Interview with Linda Michaels M.A.: Making the Case for Force-Free Dog Training. See Part 1 here. by Denise O’Moore, Dog Sense Facebook Group Denise: It’s good to have you here to ask you about the release of your DVD, “Understanding Research: Making the Case for Force-free Dog Training”. Group member questions: Scott: Where do you find the most…
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DogSense Chat on my Making the Case for Force-free Training Part 1
Part 1 of the Interview with Linda Michaels M.A., Psychology: Making the Case for Force-Free Dog Training by Denise O’Moore, Dog Sense Facebook Group Denise: Hi all and welcome! Tonight we have the one and only Linda Michaels M.A. joining us to discuss making a case for force – free training. Welcome Linda – thank you for joining…
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How to Find a Good Dog Trainer
BY LINDA MICHAELS, M.A. — DEL MAR DOG TRAINING With the overwhelming variety of dog training collars and methods advertised, it is often frustrating for pet parents to find the best trainer. Please remember this: The safest, as well as the most effective methods are based on force-free/pain free/fear free scientific principles. The consequences of…
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Being Nice to Your Dog is Good Science! Del Mar Dog Training
This is an excerpt from Linda’s book, Do No Harm™ Dog Training and Behavior Manual, available to download here. Congratulations on making the commitment to enhance your relationship with your canine companion and best friend through training! In order to communicate effectively with your dog, it is important to build a foundation of benevolent leadership,…
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Top 10 Thank You Gifts for Your Jingle Dog. Linda Michaels, M.A., — Del Mar Dog Training
BY LINDA MICHAELS, M.A. — DEL MAR DOG TRAINING Our precious pups bring such joy to our lives and deliver unconditional love all year long. Consider saying “Thank You” with gifts that keep on giving throughout the year. Some of these may make you smile–all of them will make your dog smile. Adopt or Donate.…
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How to Train Your Wolfdog, with Linda Michaels, M.A. — Wolfdog Radio. Linda Michaels, M.A., — Del Mar Dog Training
Radio interview with accompanying wolfdog slides by Del Mar Wolfdog trainer Linda Michaels, M.A. Discusses everything you need to know about socializing, raising, and training your Wolfdog to become a canine good citizen. Much thanks to my gracious hosts, George Stapleton and Samantha Tambor for the guest invitation to Wolfdog Radio. I am thrilled to be…
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Puppy Come…or I’ll Shock You??? Linda Michaels, M.A., Psychology
This series of blog posts recounts topics drawn from a recent guest segment by Del Mar Dog Trainer Linda Michaels, M.A. on the Pet Professional Guild Radio Show. Question: Can you tell us if you think training an emergency recall with P+ (punishment such as a shock collar) could, in any way, be preferable to using…
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Open Letter to Canine Research Scientists. Linda Michaels, M.A., — Del Mar Dog Training
Del Mar Dog Trainer Linda Michaels, M.A. Psychology, calls on canine research scientists to lead the way on the ethical treatment of companion animals and take a stand against shock collars. It would require a long list to delineate the benefits of companion animal canine research conferences and live streams. Admirably, these conference bring canine…