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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,...
Nicole Wilde
Mar 3, 20213 min read
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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,...
Nicole Wilde
Nov 28, 20183 min read
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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...
Nicole Wilde
Jul 26, 20183 min read
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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...
Nicole Wilde
Oct 12, 20173 min read
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Do You Expect Your Dog to be Psychic?
Most mornings, my husband and I take our dogs hiking. Because I lug my camera with a ginormous lens in hopes of seeing coyotes, he...
Nicole Wilde
Apr 13, 20163 min read
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Why the Latest Cesar Millan Incident Isn’t Just About a Pig
If you’re involved in the dog world in any way, chances are you’ve heard about the latest incident involving Cesar Millan. In a nutshell,...
Nicole Wilde
Mar 14, 20165 min read
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Options for Severely Aggressive Dogs
Mechanics have weeks where they see a slew of brake jobs, or more carburetor issues than usual. There’s no rhyme or reason—it’s an odd...
Nicole Wilde
Aug 6, 20143 min read
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Dogs: from Learned Helplessness to Learned Joyfulness
A while back, I watched an episode of Our America where Lisa Ling was exploring the world of underaged prostitution. The eleven- to...
Nicole Wilde
Mar 26, 20133 min read
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Pack Leadership: One Size Does Not Fit All
Flip through the pages of any traditional book on dog behavior, and you’re likely to find advice about how to be the “boss” or...
Nicole Wilde
Mar 6, 20133 min read
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Knowledge and Force in Dog Training: The Inverse Correlation
I I recently posted a statement on Facebook that received quite a few comments, and started a few interesting conversations when people...
Nicole Wilde
Jan 29, 20133 min read
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Holy Coyote!
“You don’t have to tell them everything.” That was the advice I got today when I told a well-meaning person about writing the blog I’m...
Nicole Wilde
Dec 13, 20123 min read
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Giving Dogs the Benefit of the Doubt
Walking my dogs in the freezing cold of 6:30 a.m.—yes, it dips below freezing even here in southern California—has its benefits. It gives...
Nicole Wilde
Dec 28, 20113 min read
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Dawn of the Little White Foo-Foo Dogs
Every dog-reactive dog has a type—you know, the kind of dog that really gets their motor running, and not in a good way. For some dogs...
Nicole Wilde
Mar 30, 20114 min read
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Our Own Dogs' Behavior: It’s All a Matter of Perspective
I just got back from teaching in northern California. Although the seminar itself was fun and well received, the weather wasn’t quite as...
Nicole Wilde
Mar 23, 20115 min read
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What Happens When You Don’t Have Treats?
This blog really ought to be titled, “What happens when you make a caffeine-deficient, spur of the moment decision to take the dogs out?”...
Nicole Wilde
Dec 10, 20103 min read
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