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February 2006 
View the Full Issue (PDF)… Whole Dog Journal's 2006 Dry Dog Food Review How to identify the healthiest dry dog foods on the market. What Are the Alternatives? Nonconventional cancer treatments appeal to many dog owners. Dog Obedience Training through Targeting During the two-plus decades that I trained my dogs in old-fashioned obedience classes, I never learned the pervasively useful and versatile behavior of targeting. The closest I came was the narrow application to “go-outs” in advanced level competition classes – not really the same thing at all. Even today, despite its usefulness, targeting is not a widely known behavior outside positive professional training and competition circles. When I introduce the concept in my basic good manners classes I get a sea of blank stares in response, as if each human client is thinking, “Why on earth would I want to teach my dog to do that?” Shock or Awe? Are “electronic training collars” a positive training tool or evil incarnate? |
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