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Play, puppets can help kids with autism learn social skills, understand concepts

Imaginative play can help children with autism and other disabilities understand concepts and relate information into meaningful contexts.Role play...
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CAT training for fearful and aggressive animals

CAT started out as an acronym for Constructional Aggression Training, but is now referred tousing themore positive term Constructional Approach...
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Toyota might create a Prius minivan

Like the green movement itself, the Toyota Prius is spreading. The car that started it all might soon be able to haul the whole family, without...
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Revisiting two wolf myths and how they affect dog training

MYTH #1: Dogs are domesticated wolvesWildlife biologist and wolf expert, Rob Gudger, states that dogs did not evolve from wolves andthat dogs are...
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Should humans act like animals in order to communicate with them?

Comments from a recent article about Clinton Anderson's recommendation to slap horses in the head with the reins to train them not to eat grass on...
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Assumption versus anticipation in animal training

Intwo recent podcasts, 5 Star Master Parelli Professional horse trainer, David Lichman, and his friend 'Steve Miller from the UK' discuss...
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The 'make the wrong thing hard and the right thing easy' training technique

  • Pets
  • January 24, 2010
This concept is originally attributed to the father of the natural horsemanship movement, Ray Hunt. Today all natural horsemanship trainers repeat...
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Confusion in animal training

In his best-selling book, 'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff -- And It's All Small Stuff', author Richard Carlson advised when judging other people's...
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Positive training and correction

  • Pets
  • December 31, 2009
A positive trainer rewards an animal for correct behavior rather than punishing an animal for incorrect behavior. Failure to click and reward...
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Is the clicker a gimmick?

  • Pets
  • December 18, 2009
Sometimes people refer to clicker training as a gimmick. They see the funny little clicker and they let their imaginations fill in the blanks....
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