Rebekah Piedad
Board and Train: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
How to Know if Board and Train is Right for Your Dog and Selecting the Best Program It may come as a surprise to people, but I unsell...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Sep 1
- 6 min
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Minimizing Resource Guarding by Letting Stuff Go There seems to be more or less two types of dog owner. There is the totally laid back...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Jul 16
- 9 min
The Bright Side of Positive Reinforcement Training... Understanding Counter Conditioning
Generally, my blog posts are geared toward the pet dog owner. This one is for the trainers, so if you are not a trainer, hang in there. ...
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Rebekah Piedad
- May 12
- 6 min
Fence Fighting Frenzy
“I love that my dog gets so much exercise running back and forth along the fence!” “My dog’s job is to guard the property, so I like that...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Oct 22, 2022
- 7 min
Do Not Approach!
They Just Want to Say Hi You are going for a walk with your mini bernedoodle. Your dog loves walks but doesn't necessarily like...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Oct 7, 2022
- 8 min
Perils of the Off-Leash, Friendly Dog
I've been wanting to write this post for several months. However, time hasn't been my friend, so I’m writing it now, and perhaps I’ll...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Apr 12, 2019
- 4 min
Resource Guarding and the Myths that Surround the Behavior
Here's a myth we've all heard: "If your dog growls at you while he's eating his food, you should take away his food to show him that...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Mar 19, 2019
- 10 min
The Stubborn Dog Myth - Part 2
In my last post, I introduced the idea that stubbornness isn't really a dog trait because dogs perform behaviors that are reinforced, and...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Mar 16, 2019
- 9 min
The Stubborn Dog Myth - Part 1
If you are a dog trainer, you've heard it a thousand times. If you are a pet dog owner, you may have said it or thought it a thousand...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Mar 14, 2019
- 4 min
When It All Goes Wrong, Abort
It's happened to all of us. Maybe you compete in agility, and halfway through the course, your dog takes off and runs zoomies, blowing...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Mar 10, 2019
- 1 min
How Do You Train That?
Podcast Discussing Thresholds I had the very fun privilege of recording a podcast with trainers Kat Camplin and Becca Hintz discussing...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Dec 12, 2018
- 7 min
Debunking Dominance
The Dominance Fallacy and Our Obsession with Pack Leadership In a Facebook poll... I recently asked my Facebook followers to list their...
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Rebekah Piedad
- Dec 12, 2018
- 6 min
Myth: All Dogs Learn Differently
Truth: Dogs all learn the same way. However, what they find reinforcing varies. How many times have you heard some variation of these...
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