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Happy new year!
2025 is an exciting year!
We will be closed from Monday, February 17
to Wednesday, March 12 as we travel to
India for a field study of the free-living dogs (or "Streeties").
After living with Village Dogs for nearly a decade,
studying various animal behavior courses in applied ethology and free living dogs in areas of
the world like Bali, Indonesia and Europe, this is an essential part of our education to help us better understand dogs. Without the knowledge of these dogs, we may not be accurately understanding our pet dogs. This will be such an invaluable trip!
Stay tuned for more news in the coming months!
Dogs Like to Dig!
Digging is a natural behavior for dogs.
Many dogs enjoy digging and is it can be an important element to your dog having a happy and healthy life. If your dog likes to dig, can you give them the opportunity to do so?
Affinity Out & About!
July 2024
Our Out & About classes and private lessons are designed to promote safe, positive exposure that won't flood your dogs with stimuli they can't cope with. We have carefully chosen locations that are mildly busy, so they can have positive exposure to things like cars, bicycles, trucks, busses, people, dogs, and other animals. You will learn how you can easily support and help your dogs with effective and safe handling techniques and Control Unleashed pattern games in different environments, to promote our three Cs: connection, communication and confidence. As one of the few Certified Control Unleashed Instructors in New York State, this is totally exclusive to this area.
These classes or lessons can be appropriate for puppies, fearful dogs, high arousal dogs.
Evaluation may be required to determine the best way to help you and your dog.
How can you easily implement choice to promote agency?
Sept. 2024
Using a start button with your dog is a good way to see if he or she wants to do something. Offering simple choices throughout the day can be a good way to see if your dog has interest in a certain type of food, or activity. This will lead to so much more and is part of the foundation we teach to encourage your dog to think. This can improve communication and trust between you and your dog.
I offer my dog a choice between spinach or kale, and she decides.
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