Everyone is familiar with that old saw about dogs looking like their owners......certainly, there are plenty of photos in this genre floating around the internet......... However, appearances aside, this common belief leads one to ask - Do dogs often behave similarly to their owners? Or more precisely, do dogs and their owners share personality traits? Recently, a group of collaborating … Continue reading Love me, love my dog……New twist on an old belief
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Speaking of treats…..
Like kids with their Halloween candy, do dogs rank the treats that we provide to them? Many trainers selectively use what we call "high-value treats" for some behaviors and "low-value treats" for others. However, other than subjectively observing the level of our dog's pleasure at receiving different types of treats, do we have actual evidence that treats vary in their influence upon … Continue reading Speaking of treats…..
Smell This!
Dogs smell things. A lot of things. A lot of the time. Their noses are very important to them. And, most dog folks would agree that the dog's nose is a pretty amazing sense organ. Indeed, we capitalize on our dogs' olfactory (smellin') acuity when we train them to select scent articles in Utility training, … Continue reading Smell This!
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