One of the first things I will train any animal,ย whether I have met the animal before or not, is to touch a target. Target training is when you teach ... Read More
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Training A Voluntary Hoof-Trim
Happy New Year Everyone! Let's start it off with a resolution to increase the quality of enrichment that we offer our animals. What is enrichment? ... Read More
The Top 5 Tips for Preventing Behavior Issues with Our Animals This Holiday Weekend
I made this important message very easy for you to watch vs reading during this busy time of year. Click the recording below to watch the top 5 tips ... Read More
The Importance of Socialization For The Future of Our Animals
This photo means so much to me. As many of you know, this bird means the world to me and I almost lost him in an accident. This is Rico, our eleven ... Read More
Working With Behavior Issues from a Lunging, Dive-Bombing Amazon
It has been very busy here at The Animal Behavior Center over the past few months. We had our annual event and then my lecture schedule is taking me ... Read More
You can join me ‘live’ each evening!
I love being in touch with people that want to better their lives with their animals and better the lives of animals in general. Most of youย that ... Read More
Scary Times For Animals
Hello Everyone. I'm super excited about to share this blog post with you for two reasons: 1) because this training works and 2) because it helps ... Read More
Cancer and Rising Health Concerns In Our Animals
Eight years ago I had to put my dalmatian to sleep due to complications he was having with old age. He lived with me for fourteen years. Putting him ... Read More
An Everyday Training Example Here at The Animal Behavior Center
I took this video the other day while at the Center. This is everyday behavior, function, and training. This is a loaded video and by that I mean, ... Read More
Deafness Is Not A Disability
Levi is our deaf education bulldog. He was surrendered to us by his breeder on New Year's Eve of 2013. I had every intention of training him for two ... Read More
Adding Another Animal Behavior & Training Workshop to July of 2015
Our June 2015 Workshop sold out in January before we even had time to advertise it. A waiting list already started forming for June 2016. Due to this ... Read More
Attention As A Reinforcer
One of the strongest and most common reinforcers is attention, yet it is the one reinforcer I see used the least or misused the most. If that ... Read More