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Ben: An Aggressive Dog Case Study

By Emma Parsons on 05/01/2012

Editors' note: Award-winning paper!

What I am going to present to you is my own case study about my golden retriever, Benjamin. It was through Ben that I met Karen Pryor and, thus, found some of the most effective ways to deal with aggression and fear-based behavior in dogs.

Housetraining Basics

By Peggy Tillman on 01/24/2012

Your goal is to teach your puppy the right place to eliminate. Here's how to potty train your puppy with clicker training.

How to Stop Unwanted Barking

By Melissa Alexander on 07/01/2011

When you deal with barking, it's important to look at the whole situation. Barking is sometimes a symptom of another problem—for example, fear, boredom, or stress. If you fix the problem, the symptom will likely go away. However, if you simply treat the symptom, the problem will just manifest itself in a different way—one which may be worse! Treat the problem not the symptom.

Training Your Dog to Sit

By Melissa Alexander on 09/01/2006

Q: I'm trying to teach my dog to sit, but she's not really getting it quite right. What should I be doing?

Training "Leave It"

By Emma Parsons on 01/01/2006

Q: I have a rescue Border collie/lab mix. He is about 5 months old, and an absolute delight. He picks up things very easily and constantly needs a job. We have been working on clicker training and we both really like it, but I have a couple of "positive training" questions. First. How do I train "leave it"? Second. How do I train him not to chew the house up? Third. How do I maintain the bond that I have developed, but have him listen to other people?