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Marjie Alonso owns City Dog Training in Somerville/Cambridge area. I've met all of her excellent trainers. Marjie is also the director of the New England Dog Training Club. Vera Wilkerson is at cooperativedog.com Both are gifted trainers.

Hope I'm not too late to the party. :) Here's a link to a recent article about dominance published in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior: http://www.pawsoflife.org/pdf/Library%20articles/Bradshaw%202009.pdf

You guys were at the seminar in my "backyard" that I had to miss due to a schedule conflict. Grrrr. Is that you, Mary?

it's $120 well spent. If you can find the books at a reduced price, even better. If you can't afford them all, just get Volume III.

When ever you are communicating, no matter the method of communication, you need to be aware of the effect of the communication on "eavesdroppers.

(Yes, Prom, I corrected that in an earlier post. Thanks, though.) Re, the "quackery" comment. Adduction is a term used in applied behavior analysis and used in advanced "clicker training". Yes, I’m familiar with it. I have a dog that decided to “saluteâ€; a “sit†combined with...

Sorry, it's not Lindsay's Volume III, it's Volume I, Chapter 7, "Instrumental Learning". Adduction isn't new.

Adduction isn't chaining. Adduction is using two previously learned behaviors to create a new behavior. In his Handbook of Dog Training and Behavior Vol. 3, Lindsay uses the example of teaching a dog to crawl. If the dog already knows "heel" and "down", you can get a crawl by cuing first...

I agree. Although your intentions are good, without the necessary knowledge and experience, it's possible to do more harm than good for this family. Knowing when to refer to someone else and what kind of professional to refer to, is so important. To clarify, when you are searching for a...

Yes, volunteering in a shelter is great experience! You might also check out Petsmart Charities free online live webinars. They are wonderful. If you can't make the actual webinar because of your school or work schedule, you can listen to the recording later. Here's the link. PetSmart...

One of my colleagues in Boston charges $100/hour for a private lesson for 1 dog. A colleague in New Jersey charges $110/session - about 90 minutes. Tamar Geller in LA charges $225/session. I live in a sparsely populated area of Texas and charge $60/session (no discount for second dog). If...

Hi! I'm glad to see there are quite a few pro and hobby trainers on this forum. I'm a professional trainer and behavior consultant in Texas.