Dog Training
PODCAST – Dog Training Questions for Don and Kate with special guest host Dr. Mark Hanks – part 3
By Don HansonDr. Mark Hanks from Kindred Spirits Veterinary Clinic has been a frequent guest on The Woof Meow Show, giving Kate and I several opportunities to “pick his brain” about a wide variety of topics. For quite some time he’s been asking to “host” the show and to turn the tables so to speak; interviewing Kate … Continued
Read morePODCAST – Dog Training Questions for Don and Kate with special guest host Dr. Mark Hanks – part 2
By Don HansonDr. Mark Hanks from Kindred Spirits Veterinary Clinic has been a frequent guest on The Woof Meow Show, giving Kate and I several opportunities to “pick his brain” about a wide variety of topics. For quite some time he’s been asking to “host” the show and to turn the tables so to speak; interviewing Kate … Continued
Read moreTraining – How I Trained A Chicken
By Don Hanson< A version of this article was originally published in the APDT Newsletter NOV/DEC 1999 > < Updated 10JAN20 > < A short link to this post – https://bit.ly/ChickenCamp1 > I knew of Marian and Bob Bailey but had never heard them speak until the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) Conference in Valley Forge … Continued
Read moreCanine Behavior – What Should I Do When My Dog Growls?
By Don HansonA dog that growls is not a bad dog. <This article was also published in the July 14, 2015 edition of The Maine Edge> While a dog’s growl can be frightening and disheartening, it also serves the very useful purpose of alerting us or another being that the dog is feeling threatened, uncomfortable or angry. … Continued
Read morePODCAST – Dog Training Questions for Don and Kate with special guest host Dr. Mark Hanks – part 1
By Don HansonDr. Mark Hanks from Kindred Spirits Veterinary Clinic has been a frequent guest on The Woof Meow Show, giving Kate and I several opportunities to “pick his brain” about a wide variety of topics. For quite some time he’s been asking to “host” the show and to turn the tables so to speak; interviewing Kate … Continued
Read moreDog Behavior – Puppy Socialization and Habituation
By Don Hanson<Updated on 29OCT17> Actively and wisely socializing a puppy between 8 and 16 weeks of age is as critical to a puppy’s behavioral health as vaccinations are to their physical health. Click here to listen to an eight minute podcast where Dr. David Cloutier and Don Hanson discuss this critical issue. I cannot stress enough the … Continued
Read moreDog Behavior – Dominance: Reality or Myth
By Don Hanson< Updated 5DEC18 > < https://bit.ly/Dominance-RealityorMyth > Listen to a podcast on this topic that first aired on The Woof Meow Show on March 21st, 2010 by clicking here It was in the September of 2002 that the first version of this article appeared in Paw Prints, the Green Acres Kennel Shop newsletter. I update … Continued
Read moreDog Training – Introduction to Canine Communication
By Don HansonThis material is from Best Friends for Life by Don Hanson> Even though dogs do not ‘talk’ in the same way that we do, they do manage to communicate with other dogs’ quite well. Dogs use some forms of vocal communication (whine, bark, growl, howl, etc.) as well as a variety of body postures and … Continued
Read moreDogs-Dog Training: A Holistic Approach to Dog Training (Parts 1 & 2)
By Don Hanson[This article was originally published in two parts in the January 2015 and February 2015 editions of the Downeast Dog News.] It was forty years ago this month, when I had just turned 17 that my parents finally agreed to let me have a dog. I brought home a little black fluff of fur with … Continued
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