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Medicating a dog for his behaviors
Every one to one's own trade ! First and foremost, perhaps even the main one : veterinarians alone are entitled to prescribe medication....
Ingrid Mulson
3 min read


Consequences to conditioning
In another life, I held positions as a receptionist / assistant. In almost all of these positions, I was the only one to perform this...
Ingrid Mulson
2 min read


Forgoing
Giving something up is not an easy exercise. It requires the ability to disengage, to deprive yourself. For your dog, the more specific...
Ingrid Mulson
1 min read


Why is the first appointment not enough for all dogs ?
The interest of the first appointment Depending on where you live, I will meet you either at your home or remotely. We then take stock of...
Ingrid Mulson
2 min read


My dog pulls on the leash : the reasons and my advice
Your equipment for the walk is not suitable Sometimes the collar or the harness causes physical or emotional discomfort for your dog. The...
Ingrid Mulson
7 min read


Vary the reinforcers and keep your dog focused
I am in favor of using various reinforcers, depending on their value, on the context, on the kind of training. ▶️ Remember the definition...
Ingrid Mulson
2 min read


Reinforce or punish a behavior of your dog ?
Reminder of the definitions 🔷 Reinforcement The action of bringing about a consequence following a dog's behavior, which increases the...
Ingrid Mulson
3 min read


Your timing in training your dog counts
Whether it is to reinforce (= increase the probability of a behavior occurring = make your dog do this or that more often) or punish (=...
Ingrid Mulson
3 min read


My dog is a thief
What a stealer ! You can see a bill of 10 $ on the floor ; what do you do ? Do you look around ? Do you pick it up ? Do you leave it ? Do...
Ingrid Mulson
2 min read


Capture a behavior of your dog
Capturing a behavior of your dog means marking it (= indicating the behavior is desired with a word like "yes" or a gesture like a thumbs...
Ingrid Mulson
2 min read


Is training a dog to manipulate him ?
For some time, I have seen this idea popping up here and there : when we use conditioning to train a dog, we are manipulating him ; which...
Ingrid Mulson
3 min read


Training dogs, be soft or push ?
Personally, if your dog bites when petted, I may teach him signals that allow him to anticipate he will be petted for a given time. I...
Ingrid Mulson
2 min read


Why and when to call me out
The dog is a complex being, and although it has lived with humans for at least 15,000 years, it remains an enigma in many aspects. Since...
Ingrid Mulson
4 min read


Punishment in dogs
Some day, while working with a k9 student of mine and his owners, we came across another couple being advised for their dog by a man that...
Ingrid Mulson
3 min read


The markers in dog training
They are not pens, although in a sense they could have the same function: to approve or not a behavior, to value it or to refuse it. It...
Ingrid Mulson
2 min read


The senses of the dog in his environment
Beyond his appreciation of individuals, whatever species they are, beyond his adaptation to the rules of life in his environment, his...
Ingrid Mulson
2 min read


How long ?
I won't be able to tell you how long after I was born I could walk on my two legs, or speak with intelligible sounds, or defecate on a...
Ingrid Mulson
3 min read


My dog obeys, he feels good
Because your dog answers your cue positively, he does feel good ? It is essential for me to observe the dogs’ body language. For lack of...
Ingrid Mulson
3 min read


Learning
What is learning for ? “Learning is all the processes which cause an individual to adapt their behavior to environmental conditions”...
Ingrid Mulson
3 min read


Take your dog on a walk with the leash
Sometimes I'd like to finally suggest some armor on the dog's body, the prong collar the right way around (i.e. with the spikes facing...
Ingrid Mulson
5 min read
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