San Francisco Dog Trainer and Behavior Consultant

When teaching new behaviors, random food rewards—as if you’re a slot machine to your dog—improves compliance faster than rewarding all iterations. Understanding this psychology can help training proceed more quickly.
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By far the most important early training for any puppy is socialization to other puppies and dogs, to people and to everything else they will ever encounter in their lives. This is also the ideal period for a puppy to "learn to learn" and that command...

A positive interrupter is a way of redirecting your dog’s attention from an unwanted activity back to you so that you can then cue an activity that you’d rather he be doing, such coming to you, sitting, laying down or staying.
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Reward-based training is the scientifically proven method for teaching dogs desirable behaviors. Treats are your dog's paycheck, not a bribe, and having her "work" sets you both up for years of fun, exciting interspecies communication.
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