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72 Hour Free Pass
72 Hour Free Pass Like I mentioned on Monday, being rehomed (or finding a forever home) is a very turbulent experience for dogs. Their whole lives get turned upside down and the often don't know which end is up. Besides a two-week timeout, I think there are a few...
read moreTwo Week Timeout For New Dogs
Two Week Timeout For New Dogs Most of the time when new dogs enter our lives it is on the heels of some sort of serious life changes for the dog. They may have been pulled away from their mom and siblings, they may have been transported between states, they...
read moreReinforcers are dynamic
Reinforcers are Dynamic I do not really like chocolate, I mean, I'll eat it occasionally and certainly have a few candies that I enjoy that contain chocolate but I wouldn't go out of my way to get some. If someone were to use chocolate as a reinforcer for me,...
read moreI have no impulse control–New Web Design!
I Have No Impulse Control--New Web Design! As I expected, I have had really poor impulse control and have debuted the new website earlier than planned! I think it was half excitement about sharing my hard work and half was my total and complete fear of the...
read moreCaution: Under Construction (and contest winner)
I wanted to let you all know that there will be some big changes coming to successjustclicks.com in the coming days. Woohoo! de It's been a labor of love over the last few months creating and building a new website that will soon take the place of this one. The URL...
read moreFirst Snow!
We got the very first "more than a dusting" snow the other day and I took the dogs to the farm for some running! It was the first time in a year we've been able to get into the woods since the risk of ticks was low considering all the snow and the low temperatures. I...
read moreWhen Tolerance Fails
You are driving down the highway the Friday before Christmas (or the Tuesday before Thanksgiving), on your 600 mile journey to your family's gathering spot. Somewhere along your drive you inevitably hit construction and miles of bumper to bumper traffic. You are in...
read moreWordless Wednesday–sort of
I am looking into adding the Freedom No-Pull Harness to my "store" (which will have a larger online presence soon). I am a big fan of this harness. There are two things I don't like about it but they are not huge issues: I don't love the martingale feature on the back...
read moreShayne's Christmas List
Shayne here, seeing as Rio got to have the spot light last week, I'm taking my turn to share my Christmas list (and what's with him going first anyhow?). I have been a really really good girl this year--minus a few mischievous moments counter surfing--and think I...
read moreBe The Change I Want To See
I'm not sure how many of you know that before I came to dog training as a profession, I was an educator. I spent a handful of years assisting as a pre-k teacher, spent time student teaching in a an NYC elementary school and a NYC suburb school, then time as a 4-H...
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