Category: Shelter Worker

Stationing to a Platform

Stationing or platform training is a skill often used in dog training, zoos, or aquariums. It is an important skill to teach even puppies.

How to Teach Dogs To Use a Nail Board for Dewclaws

Learn how nail maintenance can go from a dreaded event to a fun game with your dog.

Flooding

Flooding is a method used to make people or animals face their biggest fears head-on, hoping they will get over it quickly.

Kitten Biting Behavior

Kittens are adorable. However, there is one behavior that can sometimes test your patience: biting.

How to Teach Dogs To Use a Nail Board for Hind Feet

Teaching a dog to use the nail board for their hind feet is a separate action from the front feet and is taught as a separate exercise.

The Reactive Dog Path

Reactivity is an emotional response to a change in the environment that is based in fear, anxiety, or frustration. Dogs can explode or implode in their reactivity.

Low Stress Handling® Silver-Level Certification

Individual Certification at this level demonstrates to clients and employers the individual’s dedicated interest in Low Stress Handling®. Hospital Certification at this level demonstrates to clients and staff the hospital’s commitment to appropriately training staff in Low Stress Handling® methods.

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