Helpful Behaviors for Everyday Life. In our article about Earning Life’s Rewards (ELR), you learned how to teach your dog to say “please,” offering polite behavior. Polite behavior teaches your dog self-control, also called “impulse control.” In addition to the behaviors in ELR, here are some other behaviors that can be taught without needing to […]
Earning Life’s Rewards
A program for all dogs. Our Earning Life’s Rewards program is for puppies and dogs of all ages. It’s for dogs who need training, for pushy dogs, for dogs that annoyingly demand attention, and those that don’t listen. We recommend starting this program with puppies to learn the “rules” of polite behavior in the household. […]
Dog with Asperger’s Syndrome
Some behaviors can’t be trained away. I have long thought that my Chinook, Larry, is on the autism spectrum. A recent event really drove home what I’ve suspected for years—Larry has Asperger’s. There are several areas that correspond with Asperger’s behaviors in people. Larry engages in repetitive behavior, does not read or respond to most […]
