What To Do When Your Dog Won't Comply
It’s all too easy to get frustrated when your dog doesn’t comply with a request, or worse, doesn’t even pay attention to you. I mean,...
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Nicole Wilde
- Feb 3, 2021
- 5 min
Pandemic Pups Part II: Separation Anxiety
Part I of Pandemic Pups discussed the challenges of socialization during the pandemic and offered tips on how to make it work. In this...
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Nicole Wilde
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
Startle…and Attack?
Dogs have an instinctive startle reflex, just like humans do. Upon hearing a loud noise or being touched when not expecting it, most of...
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Nicole Wilde
- May 23, 2019
- 2 min
Frustration Tolerance
Have you ever been in the supermarket and seen a child pointing at something on the shelf, imploring his mom to buy it? The mom says no....
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Nicole Wilde
- Mar 28, 2019
- 3 min
Should You Expect Total Compliance from Your Dog at All Times?
In a recent conversation with another dog owner, I heard this phrase: “She’s being a little s#*%!” When I asked what the woman meant, she...
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Nicole Wilde
- Mar 21, 2019
- 3 min
Walk This Way
I remember a conversation I had a while back with a friend whose dog Charley, a 3-year-old Lab, is a big lug of a sweetheart. On walks,...
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Nicole Wilde
- Feb 21, 2019
- 3 min
When “Come!” Means “Run the Other Way!”
Here’s a conversation I’ve had many times over the years with owners of small dogs: “He won’t come when I call him. He’s so stubborn!” ...
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Nicole Wilde
- Jan 9, 2019
- 4 min
Learned Helplessness
Bob and Molly have a female spaniel mix named Ginger. Ginger is known to have fear issues, specifically, a fear of Bob. This Bob-o-phobia...
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Nicole Wilde
- Dec 18, 2018
- 3 min
Sudden Changes in Behavior
I recently received an email asking for a training referral. The sender had two senior dogs, and the younger of the two was suddenly...
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Nicole Wilde
- Nov 28, 2018
- 3 min
Is This Dog Truly Aggressive?
A two-year-old dog is adopted from a rescue. The dog has not had any socialization. He does not seem to know how to play with other dogs,...
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Nicole Wilde
- Sep 7, 2018
- 3 min
Of Hanging Dogs and Unheeded Advice
This morning, I saw a man hang his dog. Granted, the dog was wearing a body harness, but it was still disturbing to see the four small,...
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Nicole Wilde
- Jul 26, 2018
- 3 min
Cooperation Versus Coercion
I’d like you to imagine that you are a young, not-yet-verbal child who is entering a foster home. Naturally, you are a nervous about...
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Nicole Wilde
- Jun 5, 2018
- 3 min
The Truth About Consequences
I was sitting across the kitchen table from my dog training client, trying to get a word in edgewise. The woman herself wasn’t the...
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Nicole Wilde
- May 22, 2018
- 3 min
This Whole Pack Leader Thing
If you hear a whistling sound, it’s the steam coming out of my ears because I’ve just heard yet another person state that someone else’s...
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Nicole Wilde
- Apr 23, 2018
- 3 min
Long-Distance Behavior Assessment
“My dog bit my father and broke skin. He’s also bitten a relative who came to visit. My father thinks the dog should be put down. What...
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Nicole Wilde
- Apr 16, 2018
- 3 min
Turn Your Dog Into a Supermodel
If you’ve followed me on Facebook for any length of time, you’ve probably seen tons of images of my dogs Sierra and Bodhi. The thing is,...
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Nicole Wilde
- Apr 10, 2018
- 4 min
Rewarding Bad Behavior
Every dog trainer would like for their dogs to be compliant 100% of the time. I mean, we’re trainers, right? But dogs are not robots, and...
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Nicole Wilde
- Apr 2, 2018
- 3 min
Your Dogs and the Green-Eyed Monster
Jealousy. We’ve all experienced it. The “green-eyed monster” is petty, unpleasant, and something that most of us would prefer to avoid....
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Nicole Wilde
- Feb 26, 2018
- 3 min
The Tipping Point
At the dog park this morning, my dogs and I were on the “small dog side,” as it was empty and there were two dogs on the “big dog side.”...
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Nicole Wilde
- Oct 12, 2017
- 3 min
The Waiting is the Hardest Part
It’s true! Whether in dog training or in life, as stated so eloquently by the late, oh-so-great Tom Petty, the waiting is the hardest...
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