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5 Alternatives to Using Choke Collars

6 February 2007

At Our Pal’s Place we emphasize “Positive” training methods. For the novice, this just means that we use treats, clickers and other non-aggressive methods to train our precious pooches. This method seems to work very well with all of our dogs and we have especially seen some remarkable changes in animals we know […]

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Training Tidbit: 5 Facts About Housetraining Your Dog

22 September 2006

Housetraining is a very important part of your and your dog’s life together. A large number of animals are surrendered to the shelters because of bathroom problems. Additionally, we also field a large number of questions about housetraining animals.
Susan Brumbelow, our Director of Training and Education and our resident dog behavior expert has compiled […]

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Training Tidbit: 5 Facts You Should Know about Puppy Socialization

13 September 2006

As many of you may know, Bess (BTW:needs a home) has blessed us with 13 little pups– all cute, precious and needing homes.? Our volunteers are working hard to make sure these little bundles of cuteness and love are getting all the socialization experiences they need.?
For this Training Tidbit post, Susan Brumbelow, our […]

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Introducing Training Tidbits by Susan Brumbelow

10 September 2006

As many of you know, Susan Brumbelow is our resident animal behavior expert at Our Pal’s Place. She and Sandy have developed our K9 Coach program that uses positive training to help our dogs develop skills that will make them better family members.
This post is the first for our Training Tidbit feature. To […]

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