Issue 12 | May 2019
Overcoming Fear in a Traumatized Horse: Magnum’s story
Magnum—a paint Clydesdale/Stockhorse cross gelding—came to live with us at the end of 2004. We had recently moved to a large property, and my plan was to get two horses to go on quiet trail rides...
Marketing your dog behavior consulting business without myths
“You can’t train a lion with force, so why would you do it with a dog?” I see this claim weekly on the Facebook pages of my dog training friends....
Setting Everybunny Up for Success: Helping Rabbits Succeed in Their Adoptive Home. Part III: The Adoptive Home
Congratulations! You’ve just adopted one of the most popular pets on the planet. Now what?
Sit Does Not Mean Sit: Giving Puppies a Voice with Mand Behaviors
Puppies are not tiny dogs. While they are subject to all the same rules of learning theory, they are neurologically wired differently than adult dogs, and also have different physical...
Case Studies: Creating the Cooperative Canine for Veterinary Care
As a licensed veterinary technician by trade, training cooperative veterinary care is a practice that is near and dear to my heart.
What are we going to do with these cats?! Case studies in difficult-to-home shelter cats: Craisin
Her big green eyes sucked me in the moment I saw them. They had the potential to be so beautiful, but right now they were filled to the brim with fear....
Time Management Skills for Teaching Group Dog Training Classes
Running a group dog training class is an inherently different challenge than working individually with owners and their dogs. The behaviors you teach may of course be very different, but...
From Skinner Box to Show Biz and Beyond
When Marian Kruse entered the University of Minnesota in 1938, her ambition was to major in Latin and minor in Greek. Marian later wrote of “harboring the strange notion of...
Training Snakes to Voluntarily Relocate
The following is an overview of two methods I have used to train snakes to voluntarily shift from their normal enclosure/living space into a temporary holding area or transport container....
A Bird, Her Game, and What They Taught Me About Training
I have an Aru Eclectus hen named Cah’ya (pronounced “cha-HI-uh”) who invented her own game. In this game, she stands on my arm and slowly leans far over to one...
Therapy Dogs: Preventing Stress and Fatigue, Promoting Welfare
In the past four years as executive trainer for the Good Dog Foundation, I have been witness to moments that have left me gratified, awed, deeply moved, and absolutely certain...
A Personal History of Dog Training
I would like to introduce myself so that you can better understand the basis of this article. I became a professional dog trainer by 1961, at the age of 15....
Rebecca Park Scholarship Winning Essay
Twice a year, IAABC holds a contest for a Rebecca Park Scholarship, which grants the winner a free place on the IAABC Animal Behavior Consulting: Principles & Practice online course....
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