by Niki Tudge | Aug 18, 2021 | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog, Dog Training Professionals
Pet Correction Devices Unfortunately, the concept of dominance and the perceived need to have total control over one’s pets has evolved into a range of commercially available tools and equipment designed to stop, prevent, or punish pets for behaviors their owners deem...
by Niki Tudge | Aug 17, 2021 | Dog Training Professionals, DogSmith News
The words we choose to use in our training and behavior change sessions and written client plans impact the way we are perceived. Our words Impact our credibility and thus our ability to work alongside our peers and our industry partners, particularly those who hold...
by Niki Tudge | Aug 16, 2021 | Dog Training Professionals, DogSmith
Great Tools For Your Business! It takes hard work to accomplish anything in life and the same can be said for becoming competent at managing a business. You cannot learn to drive a car, dance or earn a professional certification without dedication and lots of work....
by Niki Tudge | Aug 13, 2021 | Dog Training Professionals
DogSmiths are members of the Pet Professional Guild. This is a published Position Statement from PPG on Equipment-Used-for-the-Management-Training-and-Care-of-Pets By Niki Tudge & Susan Nilson The Pet Professional Guild (PPG) believes pets have an intrinsic right...
by Niki Tudge | Jan 18, 2019 | Dog Training Professionals
by Niki Tudge Non Associative learning is when you are not pairing a stimulus with a behavior. Non-associative learning can be either habituation or sensitization. It is the simplest form of learning. Your reflexes are the relationship between a specific event and...
by Niki Tudge | Nov 24, 2017 | Dog Training Professionals
There are several versions of the Humane Hierarchy around and available for dog trainers and behavior consultants to use and reference. Some of these humane hierarchy models are accompanied by pages of explanation, detail and academic citations. Others are wonderfully...
