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Hi! My Name's Miltilda, and Here's My Story...
We want to Welcome Matilda to the ranch! At six months old she's already had a great life. She has a lovely breeder who set her up with a...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Teach Your Dog Touch
This Month's training Challenge is Touch or Targeting. Target training is both straightforward and easy, but can be used for a bunch of...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
1 min read


What Type of Training Does Your Dog Need?
Recently we did two back to back board and trains up here at the ranch. We also began offering in-home training. Why the change? Where we...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Why Positive Reinforcement Training Fails (podcast notes)
I believe that using positive reinforcement to train dogs is powerful. And in almost all circumstances, we can use positive reinforcement...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
2 min read


Emily's Got a New Gig (show notes)
In this week's podcast we introduced our podcasting partner, Emily's new gig as the owner of one of Tucson's premier pet sitting...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Leaving Your Pet with a Pet Sitter (podcast notes)
In our last podcast, Emily and I discussed how to safely evacuate, travel and leave our pets with a petsitter. Because the three things...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Travel Safely With Your Pets (podcast show notes)
Emily and I discussed how to safely evacuate, travel with, and leave pets with a petsitter in our last podcast. Because these three...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Safely EvacuateYour Pet (Podcast show notes (pt 1.)
(Photo Credit, Arizona Daily Star) - the house in the photo is my own. As I write this the states of California and Oregon are aflame,...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
7 min read


What is Herding?
I went to a Sheep Camp run by three very skilled herding instructors in Southern Colorado two weekends ago. I worked Tagg and Cody,...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Dealing With Frustration in Dog Training (podcast notes)
Frustration is an incredibly powerful motivator of behavior. If you think back to the last time you had to open a plastic package quickly...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Dog Parks and Doggy Daycare (Podcast show notes)
Many people use dog parks and dog day cares, and while they my be appropriate for a small minority of dogs, they can be incredibly...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
3 min read
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