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Ask Leo - house training a puppy

Dear Leo,I am a two-month old spaniel-schnauzer mix named Rocco who was just adopted by a great new family. I’ve been at home with them for a...
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Dealing with excessive barking (part 5: anxious barking)

This article is part of a series of articles about barking. To review the types of barking covered, go back to "Dealing with excessive barking...
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Dealing with excessive barking (part 4: demand barking)

This article is part of a series of articles about barking. To review the types of barking covered, go back to "Dealing with excessive barking...
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Dealing with excessive barking (part 3: alert barking)

This article is part of a series of articles about barking. To review the types of barking covered, go back to "Dealing with excessive barking...
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Dealing with excessive barking (part 2: boredom barking)

This article is part of a series of articles about barking. To review the types of barking covered, go back to "Dealing with excessive barking...
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Dealing with excessive barking (part 1: introduction and definitions)

Barking is a natural dog behavior. In fact, it's theorized that one of the reasons early humans kept dogs was their barking, which alerted the...
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Basic clicker training: capturing

  • Pets
  • January 22, 2010
One of the easiest ways to use a clicker is to capture behavior an animal already does naturally. Here's a thumbnail sketch of how to do it.Charge...
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Clicker training: technique and philosophy (part 2: philosophy)

  • Pets
  • November 29, 2009
Clicker training encompasses both a technique and a philosophy. Part 1 of this article discussed the basic technique of clicker training. Part II...
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The magic ratio for relationships

  • Pets
  • October 30, 2009
Clicker trainers and other positive reinforcement trainers spend their lives finding ways to say "yes" to their pets, rather than...
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Having a happy Halloween with your pet

  • Pets
  • October 17, 2009
Halloween is just around the corner. While to most humans, Halloween is a time of costumes, parties, candy, and fun, to our pets it can be a time...
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