Positively | Victoria Stilwell | Forum

That's one thing that scares me about the carreer path I have chosen as I do not want to be the guy who watches her dog being thrown down the Coronado bridge. However I want to protect and keep peace on the streets and I want to do that with a dog right by my side. You have chosen a very difficult ...

I don't know the age of your puppy, so I can only give general suggestions. Until your puppy has all its shots, avoid dog parks and a lot of contact with other dogs you don't know. Try to plan your walks so that there is a place for the puppy to rest every 15 minutes or so, if needed. Take along a s...

Mmmm... we call it 'dog crack' here... they get it very rarely and work their butts off for the chance at some. Yep, I have a Deerhound, shes loooooovely - though rather contrary and does training in her own sweet time! I've often thought Deerhounds and Anatolians have intercontinental discussions ...

Labs are big time shedders and always find a way to get dirty somehow. My lab loves it when it rains because that means there is going to be a huge puddle of mud and water mixed together and he will jump right into it. It is actually funny but annoying at the same time. He jumps head first too. He'...

There's something you can pick up at health stores called Rescue Remedy. A lot of Chinese medicine/herbal vets say it is calming. I had a similar problem with a dog that was afraid of the sound of fireworks and, to a lesser degree, thunder. Not afraid of anything else and I couldn't figure it out. L...

I remember the whole Coronado incident. I go over that bridge almost every other month and it scares the living daylights out of me. I have taken a sail boat almost under it and chaperoned a NJROTC event that was based on one of the naval Ships. We were on a amphbious carrier and went right under t...

I'm not sure what exactly it means to "throw a staff at a dog." Does this mean actually hitting him with the flying stick? I have to admit that doesn't sound good to me, though I've never tried to train a sheep herder. Sorry. I should have made it clear that I've never seen a herder throw...

I might point out that not every sheepdog handler uses the same methods which include throwing a staff at the dog.....again just because a handler does not throw a staff at a dog does not mean that they do not use aversive or other forms of force training at points in the herding environment. And, ...

I have friends who are shepherds and train their own dogs, some are successful in sheepdog trails and have represented Scotland and won. They don't throw a staff at their dogs nor use them to hit them with, and any of their dogs that bites a sheep is taken off the sheep and retrained. Well good for...

Use the treats your dog would sell his soul for, if thats cheese spread in a tube, peanut butter, hard cheese, baked liver, roast chicken (which btw i think is what Victoria uses).. then use it - after all it does have to be worth it to the dog. Absolutely. Dehydrated liver is a good one for a lot ...

And judging from the responses to my question about dogs being bathed once a month, I guess my dogs are filthy!! I thought it was enough to brush them daily, and their skin is clean and they don't smell (I know for a fact that they don't smell --- my elderly Mother was blessed by St. Nostrilla with ...

Sorry for the double post. The server said it rejected me the first time.

I am curious as to what some think about the perspective of condtioning boundaries . Can a dog that has not been taught /conditioned by the absence of any aversives really be counted on not to exceed a/any boundary to behavior? If so would all dogs then perform equally or have the same adherance to...

I am curious as to what some think about the perspective of condtioning boundaries . Can a dog that has not been taught /conditioned by the absence of any aversives really be counted on not to exceed a/any boundary to behavior? If so would all dogs then perform equally or have the same adherance to...

Who saw last week's episode of Dogtown where they showed people patiently rehabilitating and training some of the "Michael Vic" pitbulls.? A really interesting, positive and moving program!. I did. But the big networks will never show a program like that. Unless they make it into "A ...