When I first began my professional career over 30 years ago, I studied many of the animal trainers of the day and the methods and philosophies they used. For the most part the methods were primarily based on, that if a dog made a mistake, the need for strong correction was warranted.
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Want to train your dog to do a new trick or two? Agility is the fastest-growing dog sport in North America, and tests both dog and handler's skills and fitness. Warren Eckstein talks about how to agility-train your dog.
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Sally and John obtained their Doberman pup, Jessie, from a breeder at the age of six months. The dog was the smallest of the litter and had previously been purchased by another couple who decided to bring her back to the breeder. Sally and John had owned another Doberman previously, but their first dog had run out into traffic and been killed at the age of five months. The couple wanted this new pet to be a good guard dog of course, but they also wanted her to be affectionate and playful.
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When you were growing up, did your friends have dogs? Were these dogs housebroken and generally well-behaved? Odds are the answer is, "Yes". Then I ask you, were these dogs kept in cages? Odds are your answer is "Never!".
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