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My Experience At Canis

2

What's Your Line in the Sand?

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Being Nice

4

Character Matters

5

The Advice Nobody Can Absorb

6

The Best Training Isn't On Social Media

7

Let's Talk About Spay & Neuter

8

When Choice or Structure Isn't Obvious

9

Train the Dog in Front of You: Breed Tendencies vs. Individual Quirks

10

Your Dog Doesn't Need Intentional Aversives to Learn

11

Accepting Misunderstanding

12

The Benefits of Management

13

The Dog Conversations We Avoid

14

Trainers Behaving Badly

15

The Least Aversive Option

16

The Art of Choice in Dog Training

17

Are Dogs Really More Anxious Today? …And Other Things We Can't Actually Know

18

Punishment in Training: Does Safety Justify It?

19

The "Click" and Training the Dog in Front of You

20

Reading Stress in Dogs

21

The Depth of Behavior Challenges

22

About That Stress Inoculation...

23

From Sheep Crosses to Kindness in Communities

24

Why You Have A Dog Will Impact Your Training Choices

25

Fences, Escapes, and Ruling Out Medical Concerns

26

Rethinking Change in Dog Sports

27

Pain & Behavioral Issues

28

Fallout in Dog Training

29

Crating: Different Dogs, Different Issues.

30

How R+ Has Evolved Beyond the Training

31

What is Good Training

32

Stress & Resilience

33

When There Are Upsides to Training We Don't Like

34

Take An Extra Minute

35

What is Superstitious Learning? And What is Single Incident Learning?

36

Lessons from Electric Fencing

37

Beyond Reinforcement and Punishment

38

Conversations About Reactive Dogs

39

What is "Not Fine" For a Dog?

40

Dog Training Jargon

41

Training Outcomes in the Dog World

42

Can Dogs Be Willful?

43

Balancing Priorities in the Dog World

44

Understand What Motivates Your Dog

45

Trial Analysis

46

Puppy Integration

47

I Have a Puppy!

48

Getting Through Your First Competition

49

Raising a Puppy

50

Structure

51

Reactive or bored?

52

Habit

53

Cooperative Care vs. Low Stress Handling

54

Safe Walks

55

Who are dog sports really for?

56

Puppy Genetics

57

A Quick Look in the Mirror

58

Force Free Beyond Training

59

Critical Thinking

60

How and why science matters and where does it fit in the big picture?

61

Facing Bias in the Dog World

62

Learn About People

63

Do aversives cause aggression?

64

Different Opinions for Different Animals

65

Can We Stop Talking About "Them"?

66

Relationship-Based Training

67

Live with OC Canine Coaching

68

I Answer Your Questions About Moving Our Community Forward

69

The Rooster Problem

70

Train Your Dog!

71

Why Do I Play In Bite Sports

72

The Meaning of "Train the Dog in Front of You"

73

The Minutiae of Dog Training

74

Aversives for Clarity?

75

Life Is Complex

76

Words Are Power!

77

Counterconditioning, Desensitization, and Habituation

78

What Drives Behavior?

79

Get to the Root of the Problem!

80

Training or Management?

81

Pain, Discomfort, or Something Else?

82

Showing Up On Social Media

83

So Very Random

84

What's The Fastest Training Method?

85

Training a Concept Over Precision

86

Listening to Misunderstand

87

Response to Zak George

88

A Dog-Centric Existence?

89

Do Biting Sports Make Dogs Aggressive?

90

Dominance? Pack? Words...Are Hard.

91

Be kind!

92

Leashes!

93

Know How Training Works

94

Emotional and Overly Emotional

95

Dog World Problems

96

Bite Sports and Aggression

97

Handling off-leash dogs

98

About those dog sports...

99

More On Eye Contact

100

Reactivity Training in the Wild