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Going to BAT for Your Dog

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Dave Trowbridge

Since Tajji’s last class, we’ve been working her frequently and most particularly on voluntary head-turns, as requested by Sandy Pensinger, our trainer. You simply start rewarding any turn of the head towards you, no matter how feeble, under very low-distraction … Continue reading →

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The Tajji Diaries – Every Dog Is Different

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Deborah J. Ross

As Tajji, the retired seeing eye dog that we are rehabilitating for extreme reactivity to other dogs, progresses through her curriculum, one thing stands out over and over again: every dog is different. It’s one of those utterly banal, self-evident … Continue reading →

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Posted in dogs | Tagged dog training, dogs, positive dog training, reactive dogs

Here’s Looking Back at You

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Dave Trowbridge

I suppose everyone has had the experience of looking into an animal’s eyes and wondering what thoughts were passing through its mind, or how it was experiencing the moment. When learning to train an animal, the wonder becomes tinged with … Continue reading →

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Posted in dogs, Lifestyle, Writing life | Tagged positive dog training, retired service dogs

The Taste of a Dog Biscuit

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Dave Trowbridge

I find it poignant to look into the eyes of an adopted dog or cat. Always, I wonder, what was its former life like? Who loved it? Who didn’t? How did it come to me? Temps perdu! There’s no magic … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Life

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Dave Trowbridge

With her retirement, Tajji’s life got a lot wider. Since she’s no longer a working dog, we’re able to allow her many more choices about what she does and does not want to do. Yesterday I walked Tajji down to … Continue reading →

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Dog training with Master Zhuang

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Dave Trowbridge

“Rulers should always avoid giving commands…for commands, being direct and verbal, always bring to the subject’s mind the possibility of doing the opposite. But since rituals are non-verbal, they have no contraries. They can therefore be used to produce harmony … Continue reading →

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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Dave Trowbridge

When we began looking into ways to rehabilitate Tajji, at least one source noted a tendency for a dog to backslide for “three to seven days” in the relatively complex training required. Two weeks ago we noted something like this … Continue reading →

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Where’s the On-Off Switch on This Dog?

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Dave Trowbridge

We’ve now had Tajji for almost three weeks and have a pretty solid sense of the challenges we’ll be facing while re-socializing her. As I noted in my first blog post about her, she’s “hyper-vigilant:” aware of and alert to … Continue reading →

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The Darcy Chronicles 9: A Reluctant Farewell

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Dave Trowbridge

In his 16th week of life, Mr. Darcy’s life changed irrevocably and, with the intuition of Dog, he knows it. Tomorrow Deborah leaves for Portland to see her best friend Bonnie through death from ovarian cancer (she’s been fighting it … Continue reading →

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The Darcy Chronicles 8: Hormone Avalanche and Second Thoughts

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Dave Trowbridge

In his 14th week of life, Darcy began his transition to adolescence. By contrast with a human toddler, everything will happen at once. The next two months may be quite interesting; the next week may be determinative: he’s wearing us … Continue reading →

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