Rebekah Piedad
Experiencing Trauma with Your Reactive Dog
One of the things I’ve been thinking a great deal about lately is how desensitization and counterconditioning is not just for our dogs. ...
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Rebekah Piedad
Sep 4, 202314 min read
Board and Train: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
How to Know if Board and Train is Right for Your Dog and Selecting the Best Program It may come as a surprise to people, but I unsell...
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Rebekah Piedad
Sep 1, 20236 min read
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Minimizing Resource Guarding by Letting Stuff Go There seems to be more or less two types of dog owner. There is the totally laid back...
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Rebekah Piedad
Jul 16, 20239 min read
The Bright Side of Positive Reinforcement Training... Understanding Counter Conditioning
Generally, my blog posts are geared toward the pet dog owner. This one is for the trainers, so if you are not a trainer, hang in there. ...
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Rebekah Piedad
May 12, 20236 min read
Fence Fighting Frenzy
“I love that my dog gets so much exercise running back and forth along the fence!” “My dog’s job is to guard the property, so I like that...
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Rebekah Piedad
Oct 22, 20227 min read
Do Not Approach!
They Just Want to Say Hi You are going for a walk with your mini bernedoodle. Your dog loves walks but doesn't necessarily like...
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Rebekah Piedad
Oct 7, 20228 min read
Perils of the Off-Leash, Friendly Dog
I've been wanting to write this post for several months. However, time hasn't been my friend, so I’m writing it now, and perhaps I’ll...
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Rebekah Piedad
Apr 12, 20194 min read
Resource Guarding and the Myths that Surround the Behavior
Here's a myth we've all heard: "If your dog growls at you while he's eating his food, you should take away his food to show him that...
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Rebekah Piedad
Mar 19, 201910 min read
The Stubborn Dog Myth - Part 2
In my last post, I introduced the idea that stubbornness isn't really a dog trait because dogs perform behaviors that are reinforced, and...
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Rebekah Piedad
Mar 16, 20199 min read
The Stubborn Dog Myth - Part 1
If you are a dog trainer, you've heard it a thousand times. If you are a pet dog owner, you may have said it or thought it a thousand...
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Rebekah Piedad
Mar 14, 20194 min read
When It All Goes Wrong, Abort
It's happened to all of us. Maybe you compete in agility, and halfway through the course, your dog takes off and runs zoomies, blowing...
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Rebekah Piedad
Mar 10, 20191 min read
How Do You Train That?
Podcast Discussing Thresholds I had the very fun privilege of recording a podcast with trainers Kat Camplin and Becca Hintz discussing...
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Rebekah Piedad
Dec 12, 20187 min read
Debunking Dominance
The Dominance Fallacy and Our Obsession with Pack Leadership In a Facebook poll... I recently asked my Facebook followers to list their...
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Rebekah Piedad
Dec 12, 20186 min read
Myth: All Dogs Learn Differently
Truth: Dogs all learn the same way. However, what they find reinforcing varies. How many times have you heard some variation of these...
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