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Harness Training with my Dachshund
Matt
Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 9:31pm
Now that we have the new harness we practice with it every night. Since this is the first time we've really taken a harness seriously and it's fresh, I want to do this right so that Kody eventually thinks the harness is great and will walk by my side while wearing it. I think we're making good progress.
The Challenges of Owning a Challenging Dog
Matt
Wednesday, December 16th 2009 1:38am
There are a lot of difficult challenges to owning a challenging dog. One that is a thorn in my side is dealing with people who don’t believe there are challenging dogs. By dealing with them, what I mean is basically ignoring them. Most people believe all dogs are naturally well behaved and if a dog [...]
Humans have a Weird Way of Looking at Leadership
Matt
Saturday, August 29th 2009 7:08pm
I read this article today and it made me think of how humans have a weird way of looking at leadership.
Mostly, we don't choose our leaders based on their qualifications to lead, we choose the based on their ability to be nice to us, or agree with us, or give us what we want. Look at CEOs. Often they don't even know much about their product. Look at managers, often they can't even do the work of their "subordinates", and yet they are paid more. This is dominance, and you've probably experienced it, and probably didn't like it.
In this video, Suart Brown talks about the importance of play. And he mentions dogs numerous times as examples of creatures that promote play, and will play happily even with other animals, including humans. It made me realize that this is one of the huge benefits dogs bring to our lives. They play with us. [...]
A Different Kind of Patience
Matt
Friday, March 6th 2009 3:55pm
I’ve been struggling with something lately. And to tell you the truth, I’m not sure how to talk about it. So here’s the deal. I go out on various dog forums and usually concentrate on posting responses to people having dog troubles. I’m not a trainer, but I stick to stuff I know something about, [...]
Laptop Case
Matt
Thursday, February 26th 2009 8:41am
It’s interesting how dogs learn to live in our world. They have somewhat limited verbal understand, but an amazing understanding of our actions and what those actions mean. This worked against me the other day. I went to the store and bought a case for my laptop. It’s black fabric and slightly larger than a [...]