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Station Training
This week we will show you an example of station training with Walter. Stationing is when you teach an animal to go to a spot or...

Whitney Buchman
Apr 22, 20191 min read
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Door Greetings
Door and guest greeting behaviors are a common issue we work with. By combining multiple behaviors such as "station" and "stay" we can...

Whitney Buchman
Apr 5, 20191 min read
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Walter's Food Guarding
Meet Walter. Walter had food guarding issues. At one point Walter was at risk of being rehomed. He developed a food guarding issue to the...

Whitney Buchman
Mar 29, 20191 min read
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Nail Trimming
Nail trimming. Everyone’s favorite activity, or not so much. This goes back to what is known as cooperative care. Cooperative care is...

Whitney Buchman
Feb 14, 20191 min read
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How to get a dog to "listen"
A lot of people have asked, “How do you get the dog to listen?” Well that is at the core of all training. The methodology I use is known...

Whitney Buchman
Jan 31, 20191 min read
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Potty Training
Potty training an easy bit of behavior training that can turn frustrating. Some key things to remember when potty training is to always,...

Whitney Buchman
Jan 10, 20192 min read
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BBB Will be at Barktoberfest
Buchman Bestial Behaviors will be at Barktoberfest on October 27th. We have a booth all day, but will also be giving a talk at 1pm. Our...

Whitney Buchman
Oct 20, 20181 min read
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Old dog, new fetch?
I often get asked if you can train a dog to fetch. The answer I give is . . . yes . . . and no. You can with operant conditioning teach...

Whitney Buchman
Sep 27, 20181 min read
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Desensitization for aggressive behaviors
Meg asked about how to desensitize an animal from something it has learned a fear. In her friends case the dog was maced and developed an...

Whitney Buchman
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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Answering questions that work with differential reinforcement
Finally getting to respond to some questions that were asked in August. Many of the questions were solved with what is known as...

Whitney Buchman
Sep 13, 20181 min read
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Willie learning to jump
Had a fun update with a client recently. We worked on the new command "jump". After a few minutes I was able to tranfer the command to...

Whitney Buchman
May 7, 20181 min read
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The stubborn dog
Recently Oscar was being "stubborn" for the down cue. This began me thinking about all the times I am told about someone's dog is being...

Whitney Buchman
Mar 28, 20181 min read
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Naughty Neighbors
Jeanette, has a difficult situation with a neighbor child. Unfortunately there is no easy solution for this. First and foremost, the...

Whitney Buchman
Feb 11, 20181 min read
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Answering about jumping dogs
Shayla asked how to get her young pup to stop jumping. The basics of it are covered in this video. Differential reinforcers are powerful...

Whitney Buchman
Feb 10, 20181 min read
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