1999 Past Links of the
Week
December 12-18, 1999
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HEALTHY HOLIDAYS FOR DOGS: To keep your dogs safe and
healthy during this festive season, check out two helpful sites, Holiday Pet Hazards and
What not to feed your dog.
EXTRA: Veterinarians offer 10 helpful holiday tips
December 5-11, 1999
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THERAPY DOG STORIES: Here are 5 warm-hearted stories
of therapy dogs and their owners: Bailey
the Siberian Husky & Carlee
the Rottweiler & Cedric
the Golden Retriever & Cody
the Leonberger & Kudzu the
Coonhound.
November 28-December 4,
1999
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Alpha
Schmalpha: Are you considering using the "owner as alpha
wolf" discipline techniques? Are they valid based on actual wolf behavior? Does
your dog understand "wolf talk"?
November 21-27, 1999
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Puppy Aptitude Test: In
9 simple steps, you can find puppies likely to be aggressive, independent, submissive or
accepting of human leaders. Use them to find a pup well suited to you.
November 14-20, 1999
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Fox Trots with Wolves: Teach
your dog how to perform the behavior you want before you teach the command that goes with
it -- to avoid confusing your canine with "chatter."
November 7-13, 1999
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Catch the canine clues:
Dogs offer us many clues to their moods and behavior, but their messages can be subtle.
You can improve care and training if you watch your dog closely.
October 31-November 6,
1999
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Positive Puppy Socialization:
If you want your dog to go places and participate in varied activities happily,
your pup must have varied experiences during its first 8-16 weeks. Here's how.
October 24-30, 1999
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Kids & dogs can get along:
What breeds are good with kids? Most breeds if the dogs are well prepared.
Here is a thoughtful step-by-step plan to socialize pups for life in an active family.
October 10-23, 1999
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Squirt guns & shake cans
teach wrong lessons: While many behaviorists recommend correcting a dog
with these devices, others say they damage the trust between dog and owner.
October 3-9, 1999
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Canine Drives and Drives & Breed Personalities:
Dog behaviors can be grouped into 4 basic drives -- and dog breeds are known for
high and low levels of these drives. Still every dog is an individual.
September 26-October 2, 1999
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Dog
Behavior is in the Genes: Dogs have "behavior priorities"
built into their genes due to centuries of breeding for specific jobs. Understanding these
canine imperatives can benefit training.
September 19-25, 1999
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Testing for a Top Working Pup --
Here are 7 simple tests for selecting a puppy to be an assistance, service or other
working dog. Qualities such as confidence, willingness, intelligence and trust are
assessed.
September 12-18, 1999
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Five Dog Personality
Types & Bonding with
Your Dog: These two articles help you learn your dog's main personality type so
you can tailor your training methods and the approach you take to bonding.
September 5-11, 1999
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Nothing In Life Is Free Method:
With some dogs, owners need real behavior modification to reduce shy, fearful or
agressive behavior. NILIF may be a better method than the Alpha Wolf Rollover. Your
view?
August 29-September 4, 1999
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Train with a "tough
love" approach: No matter how cute your puppy, don't let it do
things you won't want it to do as an adult. Here is a plan to use from a pup's first meal!
August 21-28, 1999
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Proponents of the Koehler training
method say it is based on dogs learning to make decisions for their own comfort, while
opponents argue
the method is old-fashioned and irresponsible. You decide.
August 15-21, 1999
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Wonder why training confuses a dog?
Put yourself in your dog's place at training school -- and try to figure out what
the clickers are telling you! Gain new insights here for your training approach!
August 8-14, 1999
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Start training pups -- with common
sense: No matter the sport or activity you're training for, the wise
advice in this article is "must reading." Don't ruin that enthusiastic
pup!
August 1-7, 1999
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Online
"VidBook" on Dog Training: All you need to know about basic
dog training is here -- 33 web pages of text, pictures and video! You'll actually
see how to do many key steps correctly. Handy for you -- and new puppy owners!
July 18-31, 1999
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Reduce your dog's obsessive
behaviors: Most dog owners must deal with their dogs' barking, chewing, digging
-- behaviors that are sometimes excessive. Try these suggestions.
July 4-17, 1999
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Training
dogs to come: No matter your experience level, you can benefit from this
in-depth look at training the important "come" command. Learn why you
should never chase your dog and more.
June 27-July 3, 1999
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Conditioning
& training: This helpful primer looks at positive & negative
reinforcement and at positive & negative punishment -- four key behavior modification
strategies and their pros and cons.
June 20-26, 1999
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Dog's emotions &
instincts: Everything a dog does is driven by emotion or emotion and instinct
together, factors too often overlooked in dog training. Harness them to improve training!
June 13-19, 1999
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Canine Behaviour & Dog
Sports: a Schutzhund dog trainer says establishing order through stress is normal for
dogs, and is one aspect of dog behavior that successful dog trainers must know.
June 6-12, 1999
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A Dog and a Dolphin: Click on
this article at the menu for a look at clicker training for performing dolphins -- and
applications to successful dog training -- by noted author Karen Pryor.
May 30-June 5, 1999
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Learn basic steps in canine massage:
sports muscle massage for working dogs can help ease sore muscles and keep dogs in
top form for competition, says this illustrated article in Mushing magazine.
May 23-29, 1999
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Bonding key to dog/human
relationship: improve your success in dog training by understanding the
critical role of a puppy's need for bonding, and the "super alpha" role of the
trainer.
May 16-22, 1999
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Picking a pup for a working
program: Look for this array of traits -- and try these simple tests --
to select the pup with a sound personality for working or dog sports.
May 9-15, 1999
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Dog owners can learn
to reduce "sibling dog fights" when they see how their own behavior sends
cues to the dogs in their home. The author advises counter-conditioning and benevolent
dominance.
May 2-8, 1999
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What do dogs
find "positively reinforcing?" This article looks at items
and strategies that trainers typically use for reinforcement -- from food to praise --
revealing what really works with dogs!
April 25-May 1, 1999
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Reduce possession aggression: Dogs
will guard food or objects with noisy aggression unless well trained. Here are steps
to train a dog to give you a ball, a shoe or a bone -- without a contest of wills.
April 18-24, 1999
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Learn to speak
"Doglish" now: Eye
contact, body language and voice tone are
keys to "Doglish," communication dogs understand. Use the Peacock
position? Don't yell? Learn why.
April 11-17, 1999
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Motivational
Training: Learn B.F. Skinner's "big 3" principles -- and how they work in "motivational" or "treat" or
"clicker" training with great success. Plus basic obedience training for your
dog.
April 4-10, 1999
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Dogs are from
Sirius, Humans from Earth: This 5-part series explores
human-dog communication to improve our ability to understand dogs and improve key behavior
management.
March 21-April 3, 1999
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How Dogs Think: this fascinating look at how dogs think using "images" provides
valuable insights to use in training, whether for a pet or for sports like obedience or
agility.
March 14-20, 1999
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Building confidence in a
shy or omega dog: an in-depth look at useful strategies that can be beneficial for the
pet dog in your home as well as to the working canine.
March 7-13, 1999
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Dog intelligence/working ratings: Stanley Coren developed controversial ratings of dog breed intelligence as it
impacts training and working. Gary
Wilkes offers a different view.
February 28-March 6,
1999
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Teaching the
"settle" command: Many working dogs are active and energetic, and the
"settle" command is a valuable one for dogs to know -- for use when you need to
calm them down.
February 21-27, 1999
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Four rules for varying
reinforcement: After opening
comments on rewards, you'll find an important article on varying reinforcements in
training, including four rules for success.
February 14-20, 1999
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Why the clicker is
better than words: An easy-to-read
look at characteristics of the best reinforcing systems for training dogs to take commands
for work, sports and obedience trials.
February 7-13, 1999
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How to love your dog! Get in the
Valentine's Day spirit -- visit this site with your kids for fun and a Love Your Dog
Contract.
January 31-February 6,
1999
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Diagnosis
& Treatment of Canine Sports Disorders -- the number
of dogs in sports -- agility to racing -- is growing. Janet Lelonde, DVM, looks at
dogs' sports ailments and care.
January 24-30, 1999
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Dogs Are Problem Solvers! This article by Connie Cleveland explores dogs'
problem-solving behavior and how you can use it when training dogs for obedience or other
activity.
January 17-23, 1999
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Successful strategies for teaching
dogs self control. This article by Suzanne Clothier teaches you to train, not
restrain.
January 10-16, 1999
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Useful activities for
the dog left home alone. Includes a link to the famous
Kong food-stuffed dog toy.
January 3-9, 1999
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How to get your dog to
listen to you. Adapt the basic body language and tones of dogspeak to improve
your canine communication.
December 27-January 2,
1999
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The Conditioned
Canine -- for peak performance. This fine article from Dogs in Canada is by
Janet Lalonde, D.V.M.
December 20-26, 1998
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Is the Basenji more jackal
than wolf? This site explores the origins of a
unique, "barkless," African hunting dog.
Other Links of
Interest
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Best Dog FREE
STUFF! -- digital postcards, games,
screensavers, coupons, and much more
Comic Canine Cartoons
-- plus clean dog jokes & stories
Cool Canine Sites
-- some of the best dog web sites
DogShops --
buy dog health products, books, more
FunMall -- shop for CDs, books, toys, gifts, more
Kids & Dogs -- guide to great sites, great fun!
Bestselling 
Canine Link of the Week
20th
CENTURY'S TOP DOGS: The top
10 include famous and heroic dogs such as the Siberian Husky Togo that ran in the Serum
Run to save Nome plus popular cartoon canines like Snoopy. 
