BC SPCA – Preventing or reducing anxiety when left alone

BC SPCA – Preventing or reducing anxiety when left alone

Dogs form strong bonds with animals and people with whom they live. Most dogs can cope with separation from family members for a few hours. Some feel anxious, stressed even panicked when left even for a few minutes. It is one of the most common behavioural problems...
Shaping Success

Shaping Success

Free shaping is a type of animal training where you teach the behaviours in gradual steps using a marker, like a clicker, and rewards. Shaping can be a great way to teach some difficult behaviours, expand your animal’s capabilities, exercise their brains, and to...
Lead by Example

Lead by Example

Lead by Example   By Sarah Fulcher, KPA-CTP, Cert.CBST, CTDI Leadership with regards to companion dogs is a tricky and controversial subject. Some trainers tout it as the end-all-be-all to any dog behavior problem, while others say it is not important at all. I...
Follow the Leader – Part 3

Follow the Leader – Part 3

Follow the Leader – Part Three A guide to force free leadership with your dog   In any healthy human-dog relationship, the human needs to be the one in charge – just like a human parent and child. The human is the one who makes all the important...