Communication versus training
I know I'm rambling, but there are many areas in which I think this positive reinforcement thing falls short. I totally agree that positive reinforcement is …
Tag: communication
Today's highlight
Today I was lucky enough to meet a friend of Lilo's mother, who is a dog trainer. Hon – Lilo's mother's friend, in other words, works with positive reinforcement, and for me as on …
A good correction
A good correction is the one that is performed almost before it is needed. A good correction is the one that is performed almost before the dog has started what it intends to do. In …
Socializing with a puppy
This post will be about the difference between training a puppy and raising a puppy. Larry Krohn is the one who says it best; it's about how …
Update on Boyo
Most of it feels quite uneventful, like this in Corona times, but puppies grow and thrive regardless of what happens in the outside world. At least that's what's happening with Boyo …
Boyo and people
I think I've mentioned a couple of times that Boyo's breeders think he's a very social puppy. It is a truth with modification, I would like to say. …
Concerning criticism and other
For those of you who follow Zak George I wrote about a while ago, so you surely know the episode in his series about training puppies that got …
know yourself
In the now rather old film Matrix, Oracle says to Neo – know thyself. The whole point of that statement is that you alone are the one who knows yourself enough …
To interpret the concept of dominance
Just read a blog post by the Swedish scientist Per Jensen, which deals with the concept of dominance, how to use it, what it means according to research, and what lower case you put in …
Egon and Flóki
Today came Egon, my great, vackre caught, hit. Flokis math was a little late to pick him up, and we were standing and talking for ages – so it ended up …