Comments on: Training Tuesdays: Owners need reinforcing too

By: Training Tuesday: Will Not Work for Food

Training Tuesday: Will Not Work for Food — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:59:31 +0000

[...] portion of the get-Frankie-into-the-car-comfortably program is going great. I demonstrated last week how our trainer, Crystal, is accustoming Frankie to street noise by having him associate it with [...]

By: Pet News Review Weekend Update | Dancing Dog Blog

Pet News Review Weekend Update | Dancing Dog Blog — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:19:43 +0000

[...] Edie Jarolim has Tuesdays set aside to showcase the positive dog training helping Frankie (yes, the star of Jarolim’s book Am I Boring My Dog? and cutie pie poster dog for her blog “Will My Dog Hate Me?”) lessen his fear of the traffic and noise of life that persists on the other side of their front door. There’s a great video report that captures Frankie in his misery, but also overcoming some of his trepidation. The trainer’s remarks at the end of the lesson will make you laugh! [...]

By: Jana Rade

Jana Rade — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:13:57 +0000

Awesome idea with opening the door with feeding! Creating new associations! Was just recommending Stanley Coren’s Dog Companion videos to @FangShuiCanines, her dogs have problem with fireworks. These videos include desensitization track, where sounds of thunder, fireworks, gun shots etc are mixed into a sound track … so same idea really.

Genius with the door!

By: Jana Rade

Jana Rade — Thu, 20 May 2010 08:46:32 +0000

Hi! I am sharing the Versatile Blogger Award with you! Thank you for a great blog! Jana

By: Edie Jarolim

Edie Jarolim — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:57:02 +0000

You’re right! And I think trainers who go into the business because they love animals but don’t care for people aren’t going to succeed for that reason. I’m definitely being trained as much as Frankie — maybe more because he doesn’t have any preconceived ideas about success and failure.

By: Mary Haight

Mary Haight — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:49:33 +0000

That Frankie is a brave one! I thought your observation that the trainer rewarded *You* for doing your homework was spot on. How we react, how we approach, how we give up our resistance/worry/negative mantras of how our dogs can’t/won’t/ or will never learn or modify a behavior is really an essential part of the training/reinforcement process. Boy, trainers have a lot of work to do, don’t they;-D

By: Rod@GoPetFriendly

Rod@GoPetFriendly — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:50:19 +0000

You and I may have to arm wrestle over who is more impatient! But … I can see most of the positive results in Ty and Buster’s training have come through modifications in MY behavior. BTW, Amy is a saint … she says so.