Ask Professor Boo

A Touch of Class

by Lisa July 13, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Q: What’s so important about training classes??? A: I have mentioned in previous posts that dogs don’t generalize [...]

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Generally Speaking

by Lisa May 1, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Q: At home my dog knows not to jump up on our living room couch, but when we [...]

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Mad About Leashes, or How to Manage Leash Aggression

by Lisa April 17, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Q: I have a 4 year old miniature schnauzer named Ozzie who has lived with me since last [...]

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Summer Encounters with Skunks, or Love Stinks

by Lisa April 10, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Q: Professor Boo, being small and black with a white stripe do you find yourself having to deal [...]

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Go Speed Eater, Go!

by Lisa April 3, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Q: Professor Boo, our puppy’s been with us for two weeks now and the speed at which she [...]

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Managing Dog Aggression Toward Babies

by Lisa March 27, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Q: Professor Boo, I have an 11 year old female German Shepherd and a 10 month old baby [...]

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Dogs and cats playing together? Mass hysteria!

by Lisa March 20, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Q: My name is Honey, and I am a 2 year old Cockapoo. My little brother, Toby, is [...]

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Leadership, or Who Let the Dogs Out First?

by Lisa March 13, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Most social organizations have levels of hierarchy to make them run smoothly. When we emphasize humans as “Leader [...]

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Positively Confused

by Lisa March 6, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. Q: What’s the difference between positive reinforcement and positive punishment? A: If Professor Boo had a time machine [...]

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Leashes – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

by Lisa February 27, 2010

Ask Professor Boo is our weekly, positive reinforcement dog training and behavior question and answer column. If you have a question that you would like to ask Professor Boo, please feel free to contact him at professorboo@threedogstraining.com. A leash is to the Dog-Human connection like a seat-belt is to the car-driver connection. Both are safety [...]

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Professor Boo coming back from sabbatical

by Lawrence January 6, 2010

As we’re nearing the end of the holiday break, Professor Boo sent us a letter letting us know that he’s on his way back from his fieldwork and will shortly be back to answer all your questions once class is back in session.

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