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Lee Charles Kelley: How to Cure Jumping Up
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Saturday, October 6, 2007. How to Cure Jumping Up. I’m in the process of revamping my website, and I want to make a list of training tips available here (on the left). So here’s another tip from one of my newsletters. How to Cure Jumping Up. Does Muttsy jump up on you whenever you come home? Does he do the same thing when friends come to visit? Have you been telling him “Down! 8221; or “Off! 8221; with little or no results? In your dog. In fact, you actually want to nurture. As for teaching Muttsy to jum...
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Lee Charles Kelley: Charles Darwin and the Dominance Meme, Part 2
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Friday, October 18, 2013. Charles Darwin and the Dominance Meme, Part 2. Does Human Observation Create Dominance Hierarchies? 8220;Although it has been shown that in horses … dominance hierarchies are so poorly developed as to be invisible, needing artificially created competition to develop, … there is a reluctance on the parts of both trainers and some scientists to abandon human attitudes about dominance.”. 8212;Lucy Rees, horse trainer. The Baby and the Bathwater. 8212;L. David Mech, 1999. When I was...
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Lee Charles Kelley: Creating Calm Behavior
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Saturday, March 8, 2008. Here is another training tip (or five):. As if the daily stress weren’t bad enough, along comes Muttsy, creating more tension and stress because no matter what you do, he just won’t settle down. Calling Dr. Prozac! And owning a dog is supposed to lower your blood pressure, not raise it. Before you resort to drugs you should be aware that there are some things you can do that will have a calming effect on your dog without the use of pharmaceuticals. (As the name. Not at all; in fa...
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Lee Charles Kelley: Conflict Training, 101
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Sunday, November 30, 2008. Conflict Training, 101. Conflict Training, 101. The way I see it all canine behavior—whether learned or instinctive, normal or ab. Normal—is done in an attempt to reduce or release some kind of internal tension. When you think about it, even breathing is a matter of tension and release. When too much tension builds up inside a dog’s system, that’s when we tend to see abnormal behaviors. Form packs—actually do, but only when they need to hunt large prey. Bison, elk, moose, etc&#...
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Lee Charles Kelley: Chasing Squirrels
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Friday, June 6, 2008. Which doesn't mean it's easy). I was more concerned that he ignored me completely when he went into hunting mode. His attitude was, “I know you’re going the other direction. Don’t worry about me, I’ll catch up when I’m done here.”. 8212; onto the ground, keeping his eyes on the squirrel the whole time. I was stumped. If I couldn’t distract him by putting a piece of chicken right into his mouth, how could I get his attention? Then it hit me: I would hunt squirrels. Meanwhile, I was s...
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Lee Charles Kelley: How to Manage Your Dog's Energy
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Monday, December 15, 2008. How to Manage Your Dog's Energy. Those of you who’ve listened to Kevin Behan’s radio interview. Heard him talk about the two types of energies operative in canine behavior: electricity and magnetism. Some of you may have also read the comments section of my last post, where I gave a response to Summer’s mommy about a problem she’s been having in getting her dog to do any off-lead heel without vocalizing. This post begins with part of that exchange:. And follow that with a ball ...
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Lee Charles Kelley: Dominance, Reward-Based, or Drive Training?
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Saturday, December 28, 2013. Dominance, Reward-Based, or Drive Training? Which Method Makes the Most Sense? There are 3 main models for training pet dogs:. Or pack leader) model,. Or operant conditioning) model,. Using a dog’s prey drive). The pack leader model is based primarily on stress-related behaviors found in captive wolves, and sometimes in wild wolves, but not. Describes behavior as an emotional flow. If we look at this from the dog’s point of view we can see that being dominated is not ne...
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Lee Charles Kelley: Free Play vs. Rote Learning
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Friday, January 31, 2014. Free Play vs. Rote Learning. Are We Putting too Much Pressure on Puppies to Learn Obedience too Soon? Originally published in slightly different form at PsychologyToday.com, on 11/12, 2010. 8220;I have spent the past few years puzzling over why dog training is no longer working that well. Today there is much more management and less reliability.” - Dr. Ian Dunbar. In a recent article here. In a similar vein, fellow PT blogger and neuropsychologist Marsha Lucas. Says parents shou...
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Lee Charles Kelley: The Pushing Exercise
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Thursday, June 18, 2009. This is a corollary to my previous blog post, " An Open Letter to New York Dog Trainers. How to Do the Pushing Exercise. Some dogs play tug naturally, others have to be taught how. That's where "The Pushing Exercise" comes in handy! In Natural Dog Training. One of the most important and pivotal exercises we do is called “the pushing exercise,” where we hand feed a dog outdoors, encouraging the pooch to push against us while he or she eats. Kevin Behan. NOTE: This version of the e...
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