An Open Letter to New York Dog Trainers, Part 2
Dog Training For the 21st Century The Law of Effect In a blog post, written last year, Dr. Ian Dunbar wrote: “Edward Lee Thorndike showed...
Dog Training in New York City: Do Puppy Classes Create Learning Deficits? Part 2
Are Dog Trainers Putting Too Much Pressure on Puppies to Learn Obedience Too Soon? “I have spent the past few years puzzling over why dog...
Dog Training in New York City: Do Puppy Classes Create Learning Deficits? Part 1
How Playing With Your Pup Outdoors Is the Best Way to Develop His Ability to Learn Puppies Are Like Actors I was a film and theater major...
Canine Behavior: Do Dogs Have a Theory of Mind?
If Dogs Can’t Think, How Do They Know What We’re Thinking? Dogs are amazing animals. They have an ability to read us like no other...
Canine Behavior: Why Do Dogs Pull on the Leash? Part 2
Why do women dominate the training landscape in America? “We invented civilization to impress our girlfriends.” —Orson Welles Dr....
Canine Behavior: Why Do Dogs Pull on the Leash?
A Common Behavior in Dogs, Seen From a Neo-Freudian Perspective Originally Published on June 1, 2010 at PsychologyToday.com. I was...
Canine Behavior: How Stress Adversely Affects Learning in Dogs
Why Is It Easier for "Submissive" Dogs to Solve "The Detour Test?" “Everything I ever said about dogs was wrong.” —Konrad Lorenz...
Dog Training in New York City: Treating Separation Anxiety, Part 3
Desensitizing a Dog or Providing a Release From Tension & Stress? Helping Otis Let Off Steam The first real severe case of separation...
Dog Training in New York City: How to Cure Dominance in Dogs
3 Simple Steps to Curing Stress-Related "Dominance" in Dogs A Doggie Stare Down In a 2013 blog post on his PsychologyToday.com, Games...
Dog Training in New York City: How to Cure Jumping Up
How to Cure Jumping Up Does your dog jump up on you when you come home? Does he do the same thing when friends visit? Have you been...
