Dog Trainer Jeff Stallings
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Recent Posts
- Locally sourced: Get to know your puppy or dog before adopting
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Why your dog must feel SAFE
- My article in Bark Magazine about early puppy socialization
- My Littermate Syndrome article published in Bark Magazine
- Realistic expectations: The semantics of “fixing” your dog
- Train your wee, little dog as if he were Cujo!
- Why you should take your urban puppy to socials after just one set of shots
- Head collars for loose leash walking
- How Often Should You Give Food Rewards During Dog Training?
- Dog Training Guarantees
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Dog stories and information
Why you should take your urban puppy to socials after just one set of shots
By Jeff Stallings, CPDT-KA (Note from March 31: Bark Magazine just published this article in the Spring 2015 issues of their awesome magazine. Click here to view it on their site.) A few months back I attended a “Dangerous Dog … Continue reading →
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Tagged dog behavior, parov, parvovirus, puppy socialization, puppy socials
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Littermate Syndrome: The risky downside to raising sibling puppies
[Please note that an update of this article was published in the Winter 2014 issue of Bark Magazine.] By Jeff Stallings, CPDT-KA Upon reading Patricia Leslie’s email, I knew I’d be replying with disappointing news. “We were planning to adopt … Continue reading →
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Tagged dog siblings, dog training, littermate syndrome, puppy siblings, puppy training
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My article in the July issue of Bay Woof: Your Dog Needs a Job
Most evenings as we settle down to read or watch TV, Jim or I give Otis something to chew. She has many favorites from what I call the “carnage aisle” of the pet store, such as beef kneecaps, bully sticks, … Continue reading →
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Tagged clicker training, dog behavior, dog training
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Nature vs. Nurture: Dog breeds, temperament and training
By Jeff Stallings Recently, an exasperated dog owner contacted me about her out-of-control, “aggressive” Labrador retriever. She was trying to understand why her 2-year-old dog actively challenges other dogs, men and children with growls, snaps and threatening postures. During our … Continue reading →
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Tagged dog breeds, dog temperament, dog training
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Clicker Training: Better, Faster, More
By Jeff Stallings My favorite dog training story of recent vintage concerns three shelter dogs being taught to drive a car. That’s right, the New Zealand SPCA undertook canine drivers ed to demonstrate that rescue dogs are smart, trainable and … Continue reading →
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Tagged clicker training, dog driving car, dog training, positive reinforcement
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Otis and I do the weave at Ocean Beach
I encourage my dog training clients to continue to teach their dogs new cues and tricks because it strengthens the bonds between human and dog. Plus, dogs really like having to think and “work”. This is one that anyone can … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 9, 2013 by Jeff Stallings, CPDT-KA
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Tagged dog training, dog tricks
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Close encounters of the bovine kind
By Jeff Stallings Yesterday I took Otis on a hike in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness area in the East Bay, in part to expand the section of my website dedicated to off-leash dog hikes in the Bay Area. It was … Continue reading →
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Tagged canine companion, dog, dog training
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