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How to Speak So Your Dog Will Listen Neil Sattin
1 day agoIn partnership with DailyOm.com, I’m thrilled to announce the release of my new course “How to Speak So Your Dog Will Listen.” This online course is geared towards strengthening the relationship that you and your dog share, and emphasizes how everything you do enhances (or potentially discourages) the connection between you and your dog. [...]How to Speak So Your Dog Will Listen is a post from: Natural Dog Blog - Training and More Did you find this article to be helpful? Would y...
I Was Wrong: Coren Hasn't Made a Turnaround After All Lee Charles Kelley
3 days agoIn my last post I said that Stanley Coren had made a turnaround on the alpha theory. I was wrong. The only turnaround, if there was one, concerns whether to use force. He still believes in the alpha theory, as made clear by latest post, "Obtaining Status, Rather Than Enforcing Dominance Over Dogs." Dr. Coren also denies ever advocating force: "Contrary to Mr. Kelly's claim," Coren writes, "I did not advocate [forcing a dog on its back] in my 2006 book, The Intelligence of Dogs."It's true. Tha...
Canine Thought Experiment Kevin Behan
3 days agoRussell has called our attention to another experiment as reported by New Scientist which I quote below. NS: “LIKE children with their hands in the cookie jar, dogs steal food quietly to make sure they don’t get caught. The finding adds to evidence that dogs can work out what others are thinking. Shannon Kundey of Hood [...] Related posts:In Criticism of Praise What Are Dogs Thinking? Examples of Emotional Projection in the Wild
Hessian Sees a Deer Sang Koh
5 days agoAre you the emotional center of your dog's universe? How would your dog respond when seeing a deer, a rabbit, a squirrel, or any other prey like being? Would he bolt after it when it takes flight, or would he look to you for resolution.Watch the linked video to see how Hessian, Kevin Behan's dog, reacts after seeing a deer on the Behan property.
Be The Moose Kevin Behan
6 days agoWhat does it mean to BE THE MOOSE? Watch how Hessian, German Shepherd Dog, trained using Natural Dog Training, reacts when he sees a deer! Related posts:Kevin Pushing and Pulling with Hessian Kevin Training Hero Kevin Behan Explains Natural Dog Training Related posts:Kevin Pushing and Pulling with Hessian Kevin Training Hero Kevin Behan Explains Natural Dog Training
Coren's Turnaround: How the Pack Leader Model of Dog Training Is Flawed Lee Charles Kelley
6 days agoIn his book, The Intelligence of Dogs, Stanley Coren was, to all intents and purposes, a firm believer in the alpha theory. In one section of the book he recommends doing a gentler version of the alpha roll (much gentler than the one favored by Cesar Millan), because by rolling a dog over on her back you're ostensibly putting her in a position "that signifies submission to the authority of a dominant member of the pack." His latest article here (see the link above) shows a complete turnaround.Howeve...
Stump The Chump Continued Kevin Behan
7 days ago“Suppose every mealtime consists of all 3 dogs getting their bowl of kibble. They are full, but after, I have all come round and give a milk bone to Sissy and Red, but not Peanut. At all other treat occasions throughout the day, they all 3 get a treat. If I keep this up, how [...] Related posts:Stump the Chump Stump the Chump Part 2 An Interview with Kevin Behan
Canine Communication, II: "Calming Signals" & the Mel Gibson Tapes Lee Charles Kelley
13 days agoDogs and humans share certain similarities. Both species started as predators, who routinely hunted animals larger and more dangerous than themselves. In fact dogs and humans are the only land mammals who have this characteristic. (Some members of the dolphin family do too.)However, there are many ways in which dogs and humans differ. Cognitively speaking, there are three abilities that set human beings apart from most other animals -- three higher-order mental abilities we have that evolution hasn't...
Thoughts on Whitehead Kevin Behan
14 days agoIf I’m somewhat understanding Burl’s very deft translations and commentary on Whitehead, then apprehension is mental and prehension is energy. And therefore animals have no intention, rather they feel the energy that percolates up through their cells and then through their metabolic, mechanical and neurological systems and then go on to formulate a coherent response [...] Related posts:Definitions Physical Center of Gravity Why do dogs howl?
Do Dogs Intentionally Use Their Body Language to Communicate? Lee Charles Kelley
20 days agoThere are three ways in which dogs are said to communicate with other dogs, as well as with human beings; through their body language, vocalizations, and direct eye contact. In this article we'll look at body language as a form of communication and try to determine whether dogs use their body language deliberately, with the intent to communicate their thoughts or feeling states to others, or if it's a purely unconscious form of communication.First I think we need to differentiate - as Daniel C. Dennett...
Bombs Bursting in Air Jenya Chernoff
25 days agoA shorter one, this time.I don't know about your city, but Oakland on and around July 4th lights up with pyrotechnic artillery about a week prior and several days after. Pretty much around sundown each day, our neighborhood echoes from block to block with the snap, crackle pop of contraband fireworks of all caliber. Sometimes we climb up on our roof to watch the major explosives our neighbors somehow get hold of, and usually give it up eventually after a bottle rocket whizzes too close past ou...
Listen to the Conference Call with Lee Charles Kelley and Neil Sattin Neil Sattin
26 days agoA few weeks ago, we had a free conference call with Lee Charles Kelley, where callers had the opportunity to ask questions about whatever is going on with their dogs and get answers from Lee (and yours truly). I personally love these calls, as it allows you to get a sense of how Natural [...]Listen to the Conference Call with Lee Charles Kelley and Neil Sattin is a post from: Natural Dog Blog - Training and More Did you find this article to be helpful? Would you like more information about how t...
Stump A Chump Kevin Behan
29 days agoScientists use the following as an example of reasoning and subterfuge in an animal. A blue jay is in a tree while its fellow blue jays are scavenging some food on the ground below. As a corvid it is capable of mimicking many sounds, such as the screech of a hawk and it emits just [...] Related posts:Stump the Chump Why Are Dogs Attracted to Human Beings? Stump the Chump Part 2
Why Dogs Pull on the Leash, Pt. II: Gender Roles & Sexual Chemistry Lee Charles Kelley
29 days ago"We invented civilization to impress our girlfriends." --Orson WellesIn a recent article here, "Why Dogs Pull on the Leash," I used the behavior of dogs who pull on the leash...
Why Dogs Pull on the Leash, Pt. II: Gender Roles & Sexual Chemistry Lee Charles Kelley
28 days ago"We invented civilization to impress our girlfriends." --Orson WellesIn a recent article here, "Why Dogs Pull on the Leash," I used the behavior of dogs who pull on the leash...
Your Questions Kevin Behan
about 1 month agoThanks to our readers, the Natural Dog Training site is full of fantastic questions and interesting scenarios. We are continuing to develop the site in order to nurture this dynamic, growing community, and hope to provide more and more resources to improve your learning experiences with NDT. At the moment, we realize that there are [...] Related posts:Listen to the Q&A with Neil Sattin, Kevin Behan and Your Questions! New NDT Blog! Why Train a Dog the Natural Way?
7 Games Associated With the Predatory Sequence Lee Charles Kelley
about 1 month agoI've written a lot about the predatory sequence in several other posts. Here's a more complete examination of this phenomenon, showing how and why playing seven specific games that stimulate and satisfy your dog's prey drive will have a very strong tendency to create calm, obedient behavior by reducing your dog's internal tension and stress.7 Games That Stimulate & Satisfy Your Dog’s Prey DriveIn mammalian predators (which includes dogs), there are 5 basic steps in what’s called the predatory sequ...
The Lost Book of Photographs Taken at Dachau Lee Charles Kelley
about 1 month agoAfter I posted my last article (see the link in the banner above), I got an e-mail from one of my nieces. I think it might interest some readers:Uncle Lee, thank you for the article on your dad. I am sorry I never got to know him. And my dad only had a few stories to tell. He said that your article reminded him of things he'd forgotten--maybe didn't even know. I like hearing stories about [Grandpa Jack]. I like getting to know him. I'll tell you one thing that you probably didn't know. I don't think an...
The Lost Book of Photographs Taken at Dachau Lee Charles Kelley
28 days agoAfter I posted my last article (see the link in the banner above), I got an e-mail from one of my nieces. I think it might interest some readers:Uncle Lee, thank you for the article on your dad. I am sorry I never got to know him. And my dad only had a few stories to tell. He said that your article reminded him of things he'd forgotten--maybe didn't even know. I like hearing stories about [Grandpa Jack]. I like getting to know him. I'll tell you one thing that you probably didn't know. I don't think an...
Physical Center of Gravity Kevin Behan
about 1 month agoThe physical center of gravity is the kernel of a dog’s self and it is activated by eye contact. This is because a state of attention is composed of two beams, the external focal gaze by which the dog looks outward, and which is simultaneously accompanied by an internal subliminal beam by which the dog [...] Related posts:Physical Memory Is A Circle Why do dogs fetch? The Mind of Squirrel Dog
Father's Day: A Belated Tribute to My Dad Lee Charles Kelley
28 days agoMy father was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho - a small farming and railroad town, nestled along the banks of the Snake River - in late May of 1921, and was given the name John Steele Kelley (Steele was his mother's maiden name), though he was always called Jack.Young Jack was the middle child of three, and had two sisters, Kathryn (called Kay), three years older, and Verna, three years younger. He and his sisters spent their early childhood days in Idaho Falls, but grew up mostly in the San Francisco Ba...
Father's Day: A Belated Tribute to My Dad Lee Charles Kelley
about 1 month agoMy father was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho - a small farming and railroad town, nestled along the banks of the Snake River - in late May of 1921, and was given the name John Steele Kelley, though he was always called Jack.Young Jack was the middle child of three, and had two sisters, Kathryn (called Kay), three years older, and Verna, three years younger. He and his sisters spent their early childhood days in Idaho Falls, but grew up mostly in the San Francisco Bay area until 1934, when the family mov...
Stump A Chump Part 2 Kevin Behan
about 1 month agoFrom Christine Randolph “One of my dogs jumps up to lie on my belly and licks my face, I understand that is a regurgitation signal for parents. She also pushes her cheek to mine and yodels excitedly while wagging her tail. especially if I start singing a song for her at that stage (resonating chambers?) Would all [...] Related posts:Stump the Chump Why Do Dogs Wag Their Tails? Why do dogs roll over in “submission?”
Stump the Chump Kevin Behan
about 1 month agoThanks to Christine for suggesting this section! Once we understand that a feeling is a wave, and that a wave is composed by two beings as equal and yet opposites relative to the other we can see that the two incidents {a) Happy and Duncan and (b) a dog waiting for the owner to come home [...] Related posts:Why do dogs howl? Why Do Dogs Smell Each Other Why Do Dogs Prefer to Drink From Toilets?
Natural Dog Training DVD Set Review on ThatMutt.com Neil Sattin
about 1 month agoLindsay Stordahl, of ThatMutt.com, recently reviewed my instructional DVD set Natural Dog Training: The Fundamentals. Lindsay is a professional dog-walker (and blogger), so I was extremely interested to hear if she was able to start incorporating Natural Dog Training into what she does with her dog (or the other dogs she walks). We [...]Natural Dog Training DVD Set Review on ThatMutt.com is a post from: Natural Dog Blog - Training and More Did you find this article to be helpful? Would you like more...
Sign Up for a Conference Call with Lee Charles Kelley and Neil Sattin Neil Sattin
about 1 month agoYou may recall that in our interview with Lee Charles Kelley we mentioned that there would probably be a conference call in the cards. I’m pleased to announce that this Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at 8pm Eastern Time, we will be having that conference call. Both Lee Charles Kelley and I will be [...]Sign Up for a Conference Call with Lee Charles Kelley and Neil Sattin is a post from: Natural Dog Blog - Training and More Did you find this article to be helpful? Would you like more information...
How to Use Natural Dog Training in Your Relationships with People Neil Sattin
about 1 month agoIf you’ve read more than a couple articles here on the Natural Dog Blog, then you know that the way that I work with dogs has also had a profound effect on my relationships with people. Many of the principles that we discuss have applications outside of the realm of dog training – in many [...]How to Use Natural Dog Training in Your Relationships with People is a post from: Natural Dog Blog - Training and More Did you find this article to be helpful? Would you like more information ab...
Why Dogs Pull on the Leash: Canine Cathexis + Chemistry + the Joy of Sex Lee Charles Kelley
28 days agoGo to nearly any dog training website and you'll find that a dog who pulls on the leash, or forges ahead of its owners while walking, is one of the most common behavioral problems trainers offer to solve. The two most common explanations for pulling are: 1) the dog he thinks he's alpha1, and 2) the behavior is being reinforced2. (Another cause is the opposition reflex, which is often a factor.)I'm going to offer a simpler, yet I think more powerful explanation.Dogs don't really pull on the leash so...
Why Dogs Pull: Canine Cathexis, Chemical Bonds, & a Puppy's Joy of Sex Lee Charles Kelley
about 1 month agoIf you go to nearly any dog training website, you'll find that a dog who pulls on the leash, or forges ahead of its owners while out walking, is one of the most common behavioral problems trainers offer to solve. The two most common explanations for this behavior are: 1) the dog he thinks he's alpha1, and 2) the behavior is being reinforced2. (Another alleged cause is the opposition reflex.)I'm going to offer a simpler, yet I think more powerful explanation.Dogs don't really pull on the leash so mu...
Charlie Rose Kevin Behan
2 months agoVery enjoyable to watch such an intelligent discussion, but an energy theory sees emotion in a different light. My main critique is that they miss the fundamental aspect of emotion, which is that it is a universal and monolithic “force” of attraction. And this means that there is no such thing as a negative emotion [...] Related posts:Distinctions Between Emotion and Feelings Get The Bite Out Definitions
Love and disobedience Jenya Chernoff
2 months agoWhy do I love my dog? Let's just say over the past year and a half the question has come up a couple times. There's no good reason. He's a pain in the ass. At best he's high strung, destructive, and expensive; at worst he's a lawsuit waiting to happen. He is responsible for more tears, stress and anguish than I care to say. And I am not one of the hand-wringing, rescue-every-hard-luck-case-that-comes-along, Crazy Dog Lady types. OK, not much. But I loved my dog from day one, a real, warm, mammal atta...
Political Animals: Why Some Stray Dogs Have Joined the Greek Riots Lee Charles Kelley
2 months agoHarry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." In modern Athens, though, some of the dogs themselves have become political animals.In the Greek capital, any dogs found roaming the streets are taken in, neutered, and given vaccinations. Then they're outfitted with a blue collar, denoting their "stray" status, and released back into the city where they sleep peacefully on the streets, sidewalks, and even at the Parthenon, where they've become something of a tourist attraction.Greece...
Political Animals: Why Some Stray Dogs Have Joined the Greek Riots Lee Charles Kelley
28 days agoHarry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." In modern Athens, though, some of the dogs themselves have become political animals.In the Greek capital, any dogs found roaming the streets are taken in, neutered, and given vaccinations. Then they're outfitted with a blue collar, denoting their "stray" status, and released back into the city where they sleep peacefully on the streets, sidewalks, and even at the Parthenon, where they've become something of a tourist attraction.Greece...
Emotional projection is a trans-species form of communication Kevin Behan
2 months agoMother dog adopts kittens Related posts:Examples of Emotional Projection in the Wild Kevin Training Hero Kevin Behan Explains Natural Dog Training Related posts:Examples of Emotional Projection in the Wild Kevin Training Hero Kevin Behan Explains Natural Dog Training
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Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Christine NDT Readers
about 3 hours agoMe thinks this book could possibly have some serious value to it. In perusing the contents on Amazon, I found things I could agree with. For example: "The Bible is realistic not romantic in its portrayal of animals...as others who are really different...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Burl NDT Readers
about 6 hours agoOK, folks, this has turned into a kumbya event. By being seen as merely a foil of NDT in the mode of No Dogs Think, anything I bring up will only serve to further entrench everyone in thinking dogs are unconscious non-thinking agents, so I really shoul...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Heather NDT Readers
about 6 hours agoIn the absolute, there is no need to conceptualize the past, it is aLl there, every unresolved emotion is in the immediate moment (the emotional battery). There is no 'future', everything arises every moment. The only possible 'theory' is immediate mo...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Christine NDT Readers
about 8 hours ago"...NDT loves the nature of dogs for absolutely no reason." I do so enjoy a clever wit‼♥
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Crystal NDT Readers
about 14 hours agoWow Kevin, that was, well, beautiful.
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Lee Charles Kelley NDT Readers
about 17 hours agoBurl: "Your shepherders may one day be so practiced w/ their abilities that it is flow, but until then, it is like chess." Exactly. That's exactly correct, Burl. It's exactly like chess. Because chess masters win their matches almost solely through pattern...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by kbehan NDT Readers
about 18 hours agoTry to imagine a form of knowing in terms of a group mind. The problem you're having with this notion is that you see intelligence as a function of a mental computer, that churns over data in terms of a logical analysis of options and then contrasting alt...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Crystal NDT Readers
about 20 hours agoI see this is no longer a reasonable discussion. Bye, bye.
Comment on Kevin Training Hero by dealing with puppy's obsessive barking - Natural Dog Training Forum NDT Readers
about 21 hours ago[...] on it, and feed her when she's on it. I'm attaching a link to a video that shows you what I mean. Kevin Training Hero The Official Natural Dog Training Website: News, Discussions, Advice, Training T... This is the way she should be fed for now. What...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Burl NDT Readers
about 21 hours ago*Not everyone rates intellectual intelligence as superior to other forms of intelligence. * I never used the intelligence word. Look at the irrationality it creates in your own words. Your shepherders may one day be so practiced w/ their abilities that i...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Crystal NDT Readers
about 21 hours agoOne of my dogs works sheep. Flow is what we are looking for. Flow keeps the sheep calm. Flow is the sign of a very good working dog. She is not thinking out there. She is reading the sheep and me (occasionally ;) or my instructor and feeling everything o...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Burl NDT Readers
about 22 hours agosean Thoughts on Whitehead when you're playing tennis, your participation (hitting the ball rather skillfully) isn't said to be an act of reason or thinking. in fact, you're not thinking at all during the action. you're going by feel (the moment you start...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Crystal NDT Readers
about 22 hours agoSean Have you been reading "The Inner Game of Tennis" by Timothy Gallwey?
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Russell NDT Readers
about 21 hours agoLike Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's concept of "flow".
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by sean NDT Readers
about 23 hours agowhen you're playing tennis, your participation (hitting the ball rather skillfully) isn't said to be an act of reason or thinking. in fact, you're not thinking at all during the action. you're going by feel (the moment you start to think is when you fall...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Lee Charles Kelley NDT Readers
about 23 hours agoNice try.
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Burl NDT Readers
1 day agoStarting your day at 2 PM! :) In addition to the examples that show dogs reason (not perform calculus, but reasoning all the same), I noted their waking us at night to go out, and from your keyboard, bringing the leash to go for a walk, I will submit another....
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Christine NDT Readers
1 day agoTe he, Te he‼:)
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Lee Charles Kelley NDT Readers
1 day agoBurl: "Not so…you just did not accept the ones I gave." I accepted them with open arms, Burl. I just see nothing unusual about those particular behavioral phenomena. They can be easily explained without any need for the dogs to engage in a higher thought p...
I got this e-mail from Muskoka's owner. They moved... LCK Readers
1 day agoI got this e-mail from Muskoka's owner. They moved from NYC to Toronto, and the little Westie had trouble adjusting at first. Thanks to the pushing exercise, she's back to being the same old Muskoka!Hi Lee,I just wanted to send you a quick note...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Burl NDT Readers
1 day ago"You still haven't given any concrete examples of rational thinking in dogs. LCK" Not so...you just did not accept the ones I gave. I highly recommend you read Dr. Coren's book http://www.amazon.com/How-Dogs-Think-Understanding-Canine/dp/0743222326 with...
Once my neighbours's dog got lost. I had a strong ... LCK Readers
1 day agoOnce my neighbours's dog got lost. I had a strong connection to this dog and when I found out she had already been lost for three days. So I went into a quiet room and connected to her on an emotional level and "told " her how to get back hop...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Lee Charles Kelley NDT Readers
1 day agohttp://www.talkingbrains.org/2010/07/misunderstanding-mirror-neurons.html This paper shows that mirror neurons function not for action understanding>/i> but for action selection. LCK
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by kbehan NDT Readers
2 days agoI look forward to watching the Grandin video but a quick comment on mirror neurons. To my way of thinking they are a stronger argument against a Theory of Mind capability than for it, because the experience of watching another is exactly as if one is pe...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Lee Charles Kelley NDT Readers
2 days agoHi, Burl, Thanks for bringing up some important points. Temple Grandin is helpful in understanding the differences in how humans and animals process data, but she can also wrong at times. For instance, she still believes that dogs form hierarchies, etc...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Burl NDT Readers
2 days agoOur friend, Dr. Grandin, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wt1IY3ffoU describes the reality of thought w/o speech. Animals can think with images - compare images, index them in memory according to various reasoning algorithms and/or emotional valuations, fo...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Lee Charles Kelley NDT Readers
2 days agoHi, Burl, Welcome back. It's an interesting little clip, in which Searle tries to encapsulate a very difficult and imposing subject. However, I would argue that if "all conscious states are caused by neuronal processes in the brain," then, given the h...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Burl NDT Readers
2 days agoI like this little clip. "Consciousness is a biological phenomenon - as much a part of human and animal biology as digestion." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFQ0Spu50Oc&NR=1
Comment on Be The Moose by Heather NDT Readers
2 days agoI get into trouble when things are humming along for weeks and weeks, resolving regular-level excitement with no problem and having a great time...so I get lazy (overly optimistic) and stop spending the extra time it takes to locate the right bite toy,...
Comment on Be The Moose by Heather NDT Readers
2 days agoThat is good advice. I would much prefer it if he did not do this, because I really don't have the skills to stay present and in the flow myself -- Happy's ability to feel me might exceed mine at this point. If I can get the object in play with the right...
Comment on The Debate Over Neutering by Cinnamondog NDT Readers
2 days ago"With female dogs most owners will be overwhelmed with the convenience factor rather than the behavioral issue so it’s a different article. I encourage people to allow their female dogs at least two “heats” (or more if their vet will let them get away with...
Comment on Be The Moose by kbehan NDT Readers
2 days agoAs Happy's drive gets stronger, then he can still feel you when you are exciting him. I was attracting deer energy without having a bite object and the H-dog was able to feel where the real bite goes, but I was pushing him. This incidentally is how I lik...
Comment on Be The Moose by Heather NDT Readers
2 days agoAt around 1:03, 1:04 is exactly what Happy does when I say he jumps at me and bites at me...but instead of biting the air like Hessian, he grabs my arm or shirt.
Comment on Canine Thought Experiment by Lee Charles Kelley NDT Readers
3 days agoI'd need to see more data on where and how the experiment was done. And, obviously, the study would have to repeated a number of times with different test subjects, different researchers, and would have to be done in different locations before the raw dat...
Comment on Canine Thought Experiment by Heather NDT Readers
3 days agoOf what significance is it that the dogs were trained not to take food from a plate, as the experiment doesn't mention plates? Also were they all trained by the same person in the same way? If the significance of the training is that the dogs were taug...
Comment on Be The Moose by kbehan NDT Readers
3 days agoYes, the dog can't listen to you if he can't feel you and he can't feel you if he's not attracted to you because emotion is a "force" of attraction. So by praising the dog you are resonating with his basic "force" of attraction, and so it then becomes poss...
Comment on Be The Moose by Crystal NDT Readers
3 days agoHey, I woke up with a small revelation this morning stimulated by the vid. I have had trouble wrapping my head around what it is that is occurring inside the dog when folks say "good dog" when a dog is barking or lunging, etc. I know they feel positive,...
Comment on Canine Thought Experiment by kbehan NDT Readers
3 days agoTherefore, BECOMING the object of attention is the physical memory of being corrected. I would like to see a video and see if there is some tentativeness or eye contact as the dog approaches the container with the alert human present and then gradually the dog o...
Comment on Canine Thought Experiment by sean NDT Readers
3 days agothis is my take on how the experiment is setup... i think that the dogs had previously been trained to not take food from a plate. how, i'm not sure. most likely, corrected by their owners. the containers substitute for the plate in the experiment. there...
Comment on The Debate Over Neutering by kbehan NDT Readers
3 days agoThis is what I'm in essence saying. Neutering should not be an article of religious dogma and keeping a whole dog can also be part of responsible dog ownership.
Comment on The Debate Over Neutering by Lisa-Marie NDT Readers
3 days agoI think the discussion about spay/neuter is like talking about religion....at the end everyone has their feelings on the topic and these are not easily changed. That said, I agree on the health aspects of keeping your dog intact, there are many long ter...
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Comment on Be The Moose by Crystal NDT Readers
4 days agoThank you for posting this video. Seeing it affirms that I am on track. Although Colt is getting quite nonplussed by approaching strangers, this could have been Colt and I being surprised by a stranger. Very much our dance these days.
Comment on Be The Moose by kbehan NDT Readers
5 days agoI haven't formally trained him so I make those noises as if he's hurting me by being so hectic and overly enthusiastic, in other words, I'm the prey and so I control his nerves and can input these little "sparks" to moderate him. It's a bit of a short c...
Comment on Be The Moose by AZStu NDT Readers
5 days agoWhat is the purpose of the "ay!" noise you are making to Hessian? I noticed you made the same noise in the video where you play tug with him... This is a great video, nice to see such attraction.
Comment on Be The Moose by kbehan NDT Readers
5 days agoRight, well at least you got to put the push in on the ebbing part of the emotional cycle, which will make it easier for Minky to push to you on the rising part before the chase. You just have to seek out deer and always see them before the dog so you can be...
Comment on Be The Moose by Heather NDT Readers
5 days agoThat is fantastic! I got that sinking feeling in my stomach as you described Minky taking off. So good that she felt more attracted to you than wasting energy chasing! Motivates me to keep pushing even while I'm away from home and it's really inconvenie...
Comment on Be The Moose by minkysmom(sylvia) NDT Readers
5 days agoI'm not quite the moose yet, i guess. Stepped out in the yard with my dog, Minky, yesterday 6 am ( I had his breakfast in a pouch, was planning to do the usual morning pushing) and the deer were not 25 feet away under the apple tree. They snorted and bolt...
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Crystal NDT Readers
5 days agoLINK to autistic woman's blog: http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=405
Comment on Thoughts on Whitehead by Crystal NDT Readers
5 days agoLCK here is a link to how she makes her video in her own words. She has started a blog. Love her dogs happy dance vid,s. BTW, she can barely talk.