Matilda: Week One
What does the first week with a new dog look like? And the subsequent weeks? What are the little things people forget that make or break...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Sep 15, 2020
- 7 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Sep 15, 2020
- 6 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Sep 15, 2020
- 7 min
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,...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Sep 14, 2020
- 5 min
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,...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Aug 11, 2020
- 2 min
Separation Anxiety (podcast show notes)
Separation Anxiety is one of the most common complaints pet dog owners have about their dog. Whether it is destroying the house while the...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Aug 6, 2020
- 1 min
Tagg's Adventures in Rally
I promised a video of Tagg doing one of the AKC Virtual Rally Courses, and I did set one up, but, well..... Anyway, here's the video: We...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Aug 5, 2020
- 4 min
Dog Sports - Rally with Randi Hubbard (podcast show notes)
In this week's podcast we spoke to one of my favorite dog people (and just people), Randi Dotson-Hubbard about the sport of Rally...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Jul 28, 2020
- 5 min
Nita Gandara: Building Resilience In Dogs (Shownotes)
In this week's podcast Emily and I interviewed dog trainer, Nita Gandera, KPA, CPDT-KSA about the importance of building resilience in...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Jul 23, 2020
- 5 min
A Little Kindness...
Multiple studies have found that if people are afraid, they make more conservative political choices. Fear also impairs thought,...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
#9 Understanding Stress in Your Dog (Show Notes)
In this week's podcast Emily and I discussed the two models trainers use to asses stress accumulation in dogs, as well as why these...
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Liane Ehrich, CVT
- Jul 14, 2020
- 6 min
#8 Compulsive Behaviors in Dogs (Shownotes)
In this podcast, Emily and I discuss obsessive behaviors in dogs, including common forms that they take, breeds that tend to exhibit...
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