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Knowing What Your Dog Wants
By now most folks have seen the video of Stella, the dog that communicates her desires through a complicated setup of buttons laid out on...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
3 min read


No Excuses!
Years ago, when I trained horses for a living, a friend and I were setting out with our horses from our training barn when we were...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
5 min read


The Importance of Disagreement
The world of dog training has devolved into two factions: one has a cult-like adherence to a positive only training philosophy, and the...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
5 min read


Does Your Dog's Breed Matter?
I remember reading long ago that there are more differences within a dog breed from one individual to the next than there is between...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
5 min read


How Do I Stop My Dog From Doing...?
How do I stop my dog from eating...? How do I stop my dog from doing...? These are the two most common questions asked by frustrated dog...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
4 min read


CBD and THC For Dogs
Go to any dog-related forum right now and do a quick survey of the answers to every single behavior problem from barking to leash...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
3 min read


Dog Training Success: Criteria
I talk a lot about criteria in dog training. Having good criteria can make or break your dog training plans, and yet many of us, when...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
3 min read


It's Time To Check Our Own Conditioned Emotional Response
Those of us who spend time in the world of animal training or veterinary medicine often develop very strong opinions about how things...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
4 min read


How to Clicker Train a Chicken
And why you should Today was day one of my multi-species clicker training effort. I started with the two chicks that are currently taking...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
3 min read


Eyebrows separate wolves from dogs
Awwww.... He looks so sad. Recent research has discovered that 33,000 years isn't the only thing separating wolves from dogs. They're...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Housebroken Horses and Flying Asses
How did we end up here? Discussing the elimination habits of herbivores vs carnivores/omnivores? We're dog trainers, thats how, and...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
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Allowing our dogs to win
I like cool ribbons. I do. I like earning them and keeping them flat so they don't wrinkle, and looking for a place to hang them where...

Liane Ehrich, CVT
5 min read
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