Is Reality Too Boring for Reality TV?
Every now and then I get a call from a production company that’s looking for a trainer or behavior person for a new television project....
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Nicole Wilde
- Jul 18, 2012
- 2 min
Is Your Dog Being a PAIN?
I can barely concentrate long enough to write this blog, as I’m in serious pain from a root canal. Not just any root canal, but one where...
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Nicole Wilde
- Jun 27, 2012
- 4 min
Training (Almost) Naked
Okay, get your mind out of the gutter—this isn’t about some new-fangled technique where you strip down to your underwear in an attempt to...
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Nicole Wilde
- May 8, 2012
- 3 min
Heel or Loose Leash Walking?
Back in the old days of dog training, dogs were expected to do precision heelwork. Upon hearing the command, “Heel!” the dog would walk...
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Nicole Wilde
- Apr 24, 2012
- 3 min
Rest More, Train Less?
A recent article in Time Magazine entitled Shhh! Genius at Work discussed findings on the links between human creativity and sleep. Many...
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Nicole Wilde
- Jun 7, 2011
- 4 min
The Power of Prey-er: Dogs and Prey Drive
I’ve heard some trainers talk about prey drive as though it’s something you can train out of a dog. But a dog’s prey instinct is...
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Nicole Wilde
- Feb 15, 2010
- 4 min
If at First you Don’t Succeed…Group Class, Week Two
After a less than stellar showing at our first group class, I was hoping we’d do better next time. Sierra had been so distracted and...
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Nicole Wilde
- Feb 9, 2010
- 4 min
The Trainer’s Dog Goes to Class
I have a suggestion for all the trainers out there who’d like to see things from the average dog owners’ point of view: take your dog to...
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Nicole Wilde
- Nov 12, 2009
- 2 min
“Our Training Kicked In”
I just watched an interview with Kimberly Munley and Mark Todd, the civilian police sergeants who took down the crazed gunman at Fort...
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Nicole Wilde
- Oct 5, 2009
- 3 min
Breed Specific Prejudices—Among Dog Trainers
I got a call the other day from a potential training client. When I asked what kind of dog she had, the woman replied, “A five month old...
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Nicole Wilde
- Aug 31, 2009
- 3 min
Dog Trainers: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
“Cookie-slinging weenies!” “Punishment trainers!” “Posi-Nazis!” “Jerk trainers!” Know what these epithets have in common? For one thing,...
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Nicole Wilde
- Aug 20, 2009
- 4 min
The Trouble with Dog Training Gurus
We live in a consumer culture. We’re trained from an early age to want the new, improved, biggest and best version of products and...
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