by Tena Parker | Oct 31, 2011 | About, Blogs, Training, Uncategorized
I am a huge Halloween fan. I love the spirit of the holiday, the revelry, the colors, the candy, the costumes, the spooky (or not so spooky) decorations, and the harmless debauchery that happens. Oh, I totally forgot to mention that I love carving pumpkins, love...
by Tena Parker | Oct 25, 2011 | About, Blogs, Training, Uncategorized
Best Advice I can Possibly Give… “Be your dog’s advocate.” That is, I think, the best advice I can give to people with dogs. “Be your dog’s advocate!” That is, I think, the best advice I can give to people who are handling...
by Tena Parker | Oct 20, 2011 | About, Blogs, Training, Uncategorized
I’m going to have a bit of a cop-out post today… we are having a CRAZY thunderstorm right (lightning RIGHT next to my house) and I am going to unplug Dewey (my computer) so he won’t get fried if we get a bad power surge (plus I had a crazy busy night...
by Tena Parker | Oct 18, 2011 | About, Blogs, Training, Uncategorized
Gotta Buy Into Training 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. People seem to expect instantaneous results from the training that if,...
by Tena Parker | Aug 29, 2011 | personal, Positive Training, Training
Mistakes I’ve Made I’m not perfect–not even close. I have personal faults and I’ve definitely made mistakes with my dogs. I really try not to make the same mistake twice and I do generally learn from my mistakes but I’m human. ...
by Tena Parker | Aug 9, 2011 | Behavior Modification, Reactivity, Reactivity Series, Training
Cool, Calm and Collected “Why doesn’t he completely lose it when you are working him? I don’t understand. How does he know the difference, I only gave you the leash!” I heard this from a client quite a while back and the answer is so simple...
