by Tena Parker | Feb 25, 2014 | Basic Training Tips, clicker training, Dog Behavior, SJC training
The Power of Choice During this most recent stretch of frigid (though not quite the ‘extreme cold’ of a month ago), I have had to improvise the activities happening with my mid-day dog walking clients. It has simply been too cold to spend much time...
by Tena Parker | Feb 14, 2014 | personal, photo blog
Puppy Love It might be a “Hallmark Holiday,” but I think the sentiment of celebrating love is a powerful one. If we placed as much value on love (not just romantic love) as we do on other more superficial things, I think the world would be a far more...
by Tena Parker | Feb 13, 2014 | Basic Training Tips, clicker training, Positive Training, SJC training, Throwback Thursday
Gotta Buy Into Training–Throwback Thursday Originally posed on 10/18/11 How many times have you heard “I’ve tried everything to get my dog to …”? I think I must hear something to that effect more than once a week from people inquiring...
by Tena Parker | Feb 11, 2014 | Basic Training Tips, equipment, Positive Training, SJC training, Training
Bigger is not always better “The more tools you have in your tool box the better. If you purposely exclude a particular tool and a problem pops up that requires that tool, you won’t be abel to fix the problem. I’m not one of those cookie pushers...
by Tena Parker | Feb 5, 2014 | Basic Training Tips, Behavior Modification, Positive Training, Reactivity, SJC training, Socialization
Don’t Be REactive No, I’m not talking about your dog, I’m talking about YOU! If I could give students of any dog a handful of “words of wisdom,” this would surely be one of them–be proactive! Don’t wait until your dog does...
