Sentences with phrase «thinking dogs practice»

My greatest joy is when the research catches up to Thinking Dogs practice.

Not exact matches

When you think about conventional management thinking and practices in a dog - eat - dog, transactional business world, not enough leaders spend the time to do what Watson had to learn over his many years at Chevron: Getting results through the people and relationship side of the business.

Ask your general veterinarian for a referral if you think your dog might benefit from this treatment, or look on the ACVBs Web site for a list of certified behaviorists and where they practice.

If you think I'm kidding about any of these injuries, they're all well - documented cases taken from hundreds of veterinary practices who have treated dogs injured by choke chains.

As another mark of the quality of Thinking Dogs: Nancy has high turnover in her assistants as they get snapped up by graduate programs in animal behavior, veterinary practices, and zoos.

In reality, if you don't practice all the time, your dog thinks they don't have to do it.

This line of thinking couldn't be made more clear than through the practice of giving dogs tattoos to identify them.

Think about the research you do when you buy a car or TV... you can do a lot of the same with dogs, and for a «thing» that is far more important to us than a car of TV, it is worth scrutinizing breeding practices.

Having spent thousands of hours in shelters as a volunteer, I see these hapless dogs often bounce from home to home, because shelters are not in the business or practice of rehabilitating problem dogs (which shelters also don't utilize the assistance of their skilled local trainers quite enough, in part because they think they know as much about behavior as we trainers do, or think they know enough).

I think it takes some practice and persistence to brush your dog's teeth.

Simply explained doga is when humans and dogs work together in relaxing and calming poses originally thought to only be practiced by humans.

I recommend practicing these games before a dog training session — think of it as stretching before a run.

I think feline only practices are the best for cats, most cats I see are stressed by dogs, Also most cats seemed to be stressed by car travel, unlike many other dogs.

I think selling dogs should be prohibited, even if it's called rehoming fee or not, it all just comes down to semantics in the end; this practice needs to be banned.

After practicing for 50 years, Dr. Rader retired (so he thought) and was enjoying spending most of the year in Florida with his wife Nancy and their dog Indy.

Remember that the dog owners were not practiced, professional trainers and were simply trying to lure or induce their dogs to perform the behaviour in any way that they thought might work.

I think that neutering male dogs often provides a better life style for them and that in my practice area this benefit outweighs the risks.

Consistent follow - up practice at the park, meaning 5 - 20 times per session right before play gets too rowdy, before Fido runs up too quickly to a shy dog accidentally instigating a fear - induced fight, and whenever you think Fido's going to rudely jump on people muddying their pants, and you'll be able to keep Fido out of all kinds of trouble.

These winds of change from old school thinking patterns to the current procedures being practiced today began with an important study conducted in 1987 which concluded that neutering dogs and cats much earlier than the traditional puberty or old age period had no ill effects.

Otherwise, we may think we're practicing force - free training, but we might be placing undue stress on a dog, or be placing a dog in a fear - inducing situation.

Practice socialization in November: Too often, dog parents think socialization is important for puppies and then tend to let it go as the dog ages.

First off, I don't think it is a good practice to be hitting dogs, on the face or anywhere else.

Second, I don't think it is a good idea to hit a dog as standard practice in any type of training program.

After 20 years of being in practice, I think there is something shared in common with my clients — they «Buzby» their dogs!

Excellent post and something many veterinarians (or their staff) don't take the time to explain to clients, especially mixed practices that «think with their Dog Brains»... I am sharing this on my FB page, as well as the FB page of the cat hospital where I work.

I think animal control in NC is also shooting dogs with rifles, like target practice, in some shelters.

When my mind takes me back down familiar routes of thinking during mindfulness practice, I often chuckle at myself, noticing the dogged and familiar tendency before returning to my chosen focus.

Assuming that these sorts of causes are not major factors, many people come out of depression with psychosocial interventions alone, ranging from informal ones (more friends, yoga practice, getting a dog, gratitude practice) to more formal ones (e.g., therapy, disputing negative thoughts routinely).