http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Rodrigo+Trigosso Pets Rodrigo Trigosso Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=116533&ca=Pets "Allowing your dog to sleep in your bed will make of him a terrible monster. He will think he is the leader of the pack and, then, you will have to be his servant." That's what, according to the alpha dog theory, would happen if you let your dog to sleep with you (Ok, I exaggerated a bit, but that's... Pets Rodrigo Trigosso Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=116532&ca=Pets Attack dogs are dogs trained to bite people on command. Although these dogs are usually associated with police work, they had different uses in the history of human-canine relationship. Hundreds of years ago, attack dogs were used to break the first line of enemy armies and to capture and kill fugit... Pets Rodrigo Trigosso Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=92305&ca=Pets Punishment is a controversial subject in dog training, though it is widely used by both traditional and positive trainers. The most common punishment is positive punishment. It consists in stopping an undesired behavior by adding an unpleasant thing or situation. Therefore, leash tugs are positive p... Pets Rodrigo Trigosso Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=84324&ca=Pets Positive dog training was developed under the principles of Skinner's operant conditioning. While it's not a new technique, it didn't get enough popularity until the nineties. Former students of Skinner, psychologists Keller and Marian Breland, pioneered commercial applications of operant conditioni... Pets Rodrigo Trigosso Sat, 19 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=84323&ca=Pets Ethology is the science that studies behaviors of a species under natural situations. Therefore, it studies instinctive and non-instinctive behaviors that are typical of a species. Dog whispering is a training technique based on canine ethology. So, it takes into account those behaviors that are nat... Pets Rodrigo Trigosso Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=84321&ca=Pets Though there are several dog training techniques, all of them can be categorized by the way they address behavioral issues. Thus, there are two main categories: techniques based on learning theories and techniques based on canine ethology. The former category focuses on behavior modification, usuall...