Tag: dog training

  • Dog/dog Aggression Part 1

    Dog/dog Aggression Part 1

    This is an excerpt from Linda’s new book, Do No Harm™ Dog Training and Behavior Manual, available to download here. There’s nothing pet parents like more than socializing with their dogs. They often want everyone to like their dog and they want their dog to like everyone… including other dogs. Pet parents may feel it’s…

  • Greeting You and Visitors

    Greeting You and Visitors

    This is an excerpt from Linda’s book, Do No Harm Dog Training® and Behavior Manual, available to download here. Greetings may well determine the course of the relationships between you and your dog and your guests and your dog. Protect your guests and your dog by insuring that greetings go well. Your dog will thank…

  • Appropriate Play Between Dogs

    Appropriate Play Between Dogs

    This is an excerpt from Linda’s book, Do No Harm™ Dog Training and Behavior Manual, available to download here. Play between dogs should be a two-way street. Dogs should take turns chasing each other where neither dog is a bully or a target, so play goes back and forth. You should not hear a puppy…

  • Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Errorless Housetraining

    Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Errorless Housetraining

    This is an excerpt from Linda’s book, Do No Harm™ Dog Training and Behavior Manual, available to download here. If you’re reading this before you get your puppy—good for you! If possible, have everything ready before your puppy comes home. To help you and your puppy start off on the right paw from day one,…

  • Enrich Your Dog’s Life to Thrive

    Enrich Your Dog’s Life to Thrive

    This is an excerpt from Linda’s book, Do No Harm™ Dog Training and Behavior Manual, available to download here. Provide enrichment for your dog with ongoing training, games, toys, and jobs for your dog in order to improve the quality of life and to enhance your relationship. Meet your dog’s social needs with regular walks, outings,…

  • DogSense Chat on my Making the Case for Force-free Training Part 2

    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…

  • DogSense Chat on my Making the Case for Force-free Training Part 1

    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…

  • How Pet Professional Are Using the Hierarchy of Dog Needs®

    How Pet Professional Are Using the Hierarchy of Dog Needs®

    From the upcoming Do No Harm Dog Training and Behavior Handbook Featuring the Hierarchy of Dog Needs By Linda Michaels, M.A., Psychology  How to Use the Do No Harm Dog Training and Behavior Handbook in Your Practice and BusinessThere is a cry for help from shelter facilities to veterinary offices for a new framework on…

  • How to Find a Good Dog Trainer

    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…

  • Speaking ~ “Making the Case” for Force-free Training

    Speaking ~  “Making the Case” for Force-free Training

    Do you struggle, like so many professionals, to “Make the Case” for force-free methods in dog training? Do you want to know how you can win debates on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves — our dogs? Good news! The seminar I presented at the 2015 PPG Summit, titled “Understanding Research: Making the Case for Force-free Training,”…