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Discovering how a good leader communicates
Understanding why every dog needs a trusted lea...
Showing posts with label Understanding Your Dog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Understanding Your Dog. Show all posts
Ten Common Misunderstandings
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Knowing what hugs, kisses, and tail wags mean to dogs
Understanding the expression of guilt and spite in dogs
Exploring what leadership and control mean in the dog’s eyes
Recognizing how your stress affects your ...
Ten Forms of Silent Communication
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Using your body posture, eye contact, and signals to direct your dog.
Bonding with your dog through silence and seren...
Understanding and Resolving Aggressive Behavior
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Understanding the signs and causes of canine aggression
Assessing whether your dog has aggressive tendencies
Discovering the importance of breed differences
Controlling and retraining the aggressive ...
Countering Anxiety-Based Behavior
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Knowing how to recognize fear
Dealing with submissive urination
Curing separation anxiety
Treating your dog’s fears and phob...
Addressing and Solving Problem Behavior
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Understanding the psychology of dealing with a dog’s bad behaviors
Crating your dog
Correcting excessive barking
Teaching a dog not to jump on people
Housetraining a ...
Happy Training, Happy Tails
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Adding levity to your training approach
Discovering the best approach to suit your dog’s age and personality
Incorporating the directions into everyday life
Trusting your dog off-l...
Helping Your Dog Learn from Everyday Living
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Creating consistency
Highlighting responses through repetition
Identifying a good correction
Letting your dog teach hims...
Inspiring Behavior with Motivational Techniques
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Sorting out training tools, from treat cups to clicker training
Discovering what motivates your dog to respond
Speeding up your dog’s behavioral memory
Understanding the role of a perfectly timed respo...
Reading and Communicating as Your Dog Ages
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Knowing how old your dog really is
Checking for and adapting to age-related changes in hearing and vision
Coping with the effects of aging on a dog’s m...
Meeting the Needs of Your Growing Puppy
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Recognizing how your puppy’s needs affect his behavior
Teaching your puppy his first lessons
Understanding your puppy’s emotional development
Knowing how to socialize your puppy from the st...
Sensory Perceptions
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Discovering what the world looks like from your dog’s perspective
Understanding how human and canine visions differ
Listening to the world through a dog’s ears
Sniffing through life using a dog’s n...
Interpreting Your Dog’s Breed-Specific Traits
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Grouping dogs into breeds
Understanding breed groups
Sorting out mixed breeds
Predicting dog behaviors from bre...
Identifying Your Dog’s Individuality
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Testing the personality of your puppy and adult dog
Understanding canine personality types
Evaluating your dog’s personal...
Seeing Life from Your Dog’s Perspective
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Knowing what your dog thinks about all day long
Organizing the hierarchy in your home
Encouraging good manners
Conditioning your dog to share objects and f...
Communicating with Your Dog
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Interpreting what your dog is saying
Decoding body language
Listening for verbal clues
Reading facial expressi...
Understanding Your Dog
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Discovering how dogs came to be human companions
Understanding that dogs aren’t wolves
Recognizing that dogs are perpetual puppies
Deciphering and dealing with hunting and chasing instincts
Peeking into the sex life of d...
A Dog for Life: Dog Psychology 101
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Looking at life through your dog’s senses
Respecting your differences, appreciating your similarities
Identifying age requireme...
