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Spatial Positioning or Spatial Pressure. What Is It and How To Use It This article is a continuation of the ideas found in my book “Dog Training Strategies, Tactics, and Personal Insight.” Spatial Pressure is part of what I always called Spatial Positioning. As with most things dog training, I have a little different take… Continue Reading Spatial Pressure and Spatial Positioning
The New Dog Training Book is on Amazon Dog Training Strategies, Tactics, and Personal Insight is written and published. I finished and published the new dog training book a while back. That was my big project for the last couple of years. This book is less esoteric and a bit more practical than my first… Continue Reading New Dog Training Book Published
A lot of people wondered why I haven’t been writing and posting new pages or blog posts over the last year. It is because I have been writing a new book. Actually I also have two new books. I finished the edit on the short book about puppies a few months back. It is only… Continue Reading New Dog Training Book Coming Soon
The reason for a dog training plan is so you know what to do the moment it needs to be done. All successful people know planning and goal setting is important in many areas of life. One benefit of a well-designed dog training plan is getting the dog trained more quickly. Another benefit of a… Continue Reading Benefits of a Dog Training Plan
Training Dogs to be comfortable around people wearing a face mask is part socialization, part training, and part handling. We’ll start with general information about why we may need to train a dog to accept face masks. The training techniques are about one third down the page and comprise the second half of the article.… Continue Reading How To Train Dogs to be comfortable around people wearing a facemask
Andrew Ledford your hound dog trainer 714-827-4058 Yes I like hounds and I do Hound Dog training in Southern California. That is pet hound dog training. The training I do is for pet dogs and not hunting dogs. Although I do like going out to talk with the hunting hound dog groups in the area.… Continue Reading Hound Dogs in Southern California and Hound Dog Training
I started this article for a new project I am working on. As I was writing, it occurred to me that pet owners and others may benefit from some of the information. Let me start with a synopsis of my bio. I first started training when I was around 11 years old. In high school… Continue Reading Philosophical and Social Implications of Dog Training in Society and on Communities
Do your have two dogs that act aggressive with each other?Here are a few ideas on how to deal the dog aggression problems in the home. Keeping dogs that are aggressive toward each other is not a problem most people have. However, it is a problem I encounter enough that I wanted to write about… Continue Reading How To Keep Two Aggressive Dogs In The Same House
What are some problems encountered when more than one dog lives in same house?By Andrew Ledford 714-827-4058 Many people believe having two dogs will reduce behavior problems. The logic is two or more dogs will keep boredom away. But is it really true that the companionship of another dog will keep them out of mischief?… Continue Reading One or Two Dogs and Behavior Problems Associated With Multi-Dog Families
All Positive Reinforcement Training I want to address a very common misunderstanding about dog training. I have written about the subject of all positive reinforcement training and using aversives in training quite a bit. I always think I have nothing more to say about it, then some time passes and I read an article that… Continue Reading Questions About All Positive Reinforcement Training
I have a few picture of a pit bull I am training in the North Orange County area of California. This dog does present some challenges. The first is gaining the dogs trust. Getting this dog to trust me took a little effort. While she is not exactly happy to see me she does tolerate… Continue Reading Training a Pit Bull in North Orange County
I was working a dog in North Orange County tonight and got to thinking back when I first started training her. This particular dog is one of the bully breeds and she is not all that friendly with most strangers. The training techniques in this article go over how I started leash handling with this… Continue Reading Beginning Leash Training With An Aggressive Dog
