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As you can see, I’ve been working Lawrence day and night putting together our nifty new website and he’s finally worked his way down the To-Do list and got our Facebook page up and running!

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Graduation Photos!

We just wanted to let everyone know that the graduation photos from our latest Basic Manners, Behaviors and Relationships dog training class have been posted online on our Graduation Photos page.

Next time, I promise to make sure I don’t accidentally drain the battery of my camera before I get the chance to take the pictures!  :)

Congrats to everyone, and you’re all cuties!

Positively Confused

by Lisa on March 6, 2010

in Ask Professor Boo

Professor Boo

Q: What’s the difference between positive reinforcement and positive punishment?

A: If Professor Boo had a time machine he would go back in time to find B.F. Skinner and his cohorts and have a stern talking to them about the naming of the four quadrants of Learning Theory. Positive Reinforcement (shorthand for Positive Reinforcement is PR or R+) and Positive Punishment (shorthand for Positive Punishment is PP or P+.) are just two elements of the four quadrants of Learning Theory. The other two elements are Negative Reinforcement and Negative Punishment – we will save those for another day.

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Who doesn’t love new car smell?

by Lisa March 2, 2010
Internet Explorer 8 Logo

We just wanted to put up a quick post to welcome everyone to our new website design and to thank everyone for the really kind words they’ve already sent our way.
First things first:  as you can see when we said it was quite a different design than before we weren’t yanking your chains.

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Leashes – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

by Lisa February 27, 2010
Professor Boo

A leash is to the Dog-Human connection like a seat-belt is to the car-driver connection. Both are safety devices and often mandated by law. Just as we never use a seat-belt to drive our car, we should not use a leash to “drive” our dogs. A leash allows us a safe and effective connection to [...]

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Another week, another snow cancellation.

by Lisa February 26, 2010
The Bumble!

Many of you know I was hoping to still have classes tomorrow.
However, while the sensational snow that is still ongoing is scheduled to stop by sometime overnight tonight we would like to keep all our students safe and un-stressed.

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Change is in the Air!

by Lisa February 23, 2010
Internet Explorer 8

First of all – thanks to everyone who has complimented us on our new website! It’s always nice to know that people are enjoying the work we’re putting into things behind the scenes.
It’s taken awhile for us to get our sea legs with the new software behind the website, but now that we have we’re [...]

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Basic and Intermediate Graduation photos are now online

by Lisa February 16, 2010
Graduation Photos!

We just wanted to let everyone know that the graduation photos from our latest Basic and Intermediate Manners, Behaviors and Relationships dog training classes have been posted online on our Graduation Photos page.
Congrats to everyone, and you’re all cuties!

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Help us help Hunter

by Lisa February 15, 2010

Hunter has been waiting. 
Hunter was brought to Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) in Beacon, NY in November 2008 by a woman who found him loose in Poughkeepsie.  He has won the hearts of all the ARF volunteers and is sweet and affectionate once he gets to know you.  He is worried if he does not know you; and [...]

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New Intermediate class begins March 3rd!

by Lisa February 13, 2010

If you’re looking for to move your dog’s training skills beyond those taught at the basic levels, our latest semester of Intermediate Manners, Behaviors, and Relationships Class is beginning on Wednesday, March 3rd at 8:15 PM.

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New Puppy Pre-School class beginning on March 3rd!

by Lisa February 13, 2010

Do you have a holiday pup that you want to get off on the right training foot with positive reinforcement dog training?
If so, our latest semester of Puppy Pre-School for Building Manners, Behaviors, and Ongoing Relationships classes is beginning Wednesday nights on March 3rd at 6:00 PM!

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Missing Trouble

by Lisa February 12, 2010

Trouble was anything but trouble. 
She was always happy to see everyone and always game to try any of the crazy games and challenges of Distract O Doggie class.  As a regular attendee of Distract O Doggie for the last several years, Trouble always made us laugh since she was probably the only Golden on the planet [...]

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Snow Cancelation? You Bet-ya!

by Lisa February 10, 2010
The Bumble!

Hey gang,
As you all may have already guessed we are canceling our positive reinforcement Basic and Distract A Doggie dog training classes for tonight, February 10th.
Your positive reinforcement reward for staying home tonight will be a nice, warm snuggle with your pup(s) safe and sound from the storm.
We will add on a class at the [...]

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We’ve been Yelped!

by Lisa February 9, 2010

Earlier I mentioned that our new website has a lot of really cool bells and whistles that Lawrence set up in the background.  I was playing with one of them this afternoon when I stumbled on something that really made my day.

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What’s a SuperBowl, or Go Doritos!

by Lisa February 6, 2010

Many of you know that I don’t follow sports.
I only really focus on sports to illustrate how one should be praising their dogs when training.  You have golf praise for the long behaviors and football praise for recalls and new behaviors.  That’s pretty much all I know about sports and the only reason I ever know [...]

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