by The Life of Riley | Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training, Training Products
Prong Collars… There really is a better way to handle your dog. Yes, even the big, powerful, forever-playful dogs. “Aversive techniques can elicit an aggressive response in dogs because they can increase the fear and arousal in the dog, especially in those that...
by The Life of Riley | Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
Ever wonder what your dog is trying to say? How do dogs communicate?? If you have been around dogs much, you are likely aware that dogs are quite good at communicating. But, are you aware of all the ways in which they ask us questions by displaying behaviors to get a...
by The Life of Riley | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
The holidays are a time of reflection and hope. Reflection on the year that is almost over, our successes and our failures. What we learned and how we grew. Hope for the future, what we wish to achieve, whether on a grand scale to change the world, or a smaller scale...
by Wendy Taylor | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
It seems lots of people misunderstand dogs. They misunderstand how we communicate, how we learn, what motivates us, what makes us happy, what makes us emotionally unstable, what makes us afraid and insecure. They misunderstand what we are trying to say when we...
by The Life of Riley | Positive Reinforcement Dog Training, Shelter Dogs
My First Day – Meeting the Cat! This picture popped up as a memory on mom’s FaceBook today. It was taken 3 years ago – I can’t believe how time flies…it doesn’t seem like it was that long ago when I came home from the shelter! It was the day after mom came and got me...
by The Life of Riley | Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
It’s been awhile since I’ve written – did you miss me? I have been very busy since the last time I wrote because my mom is currently studying at Victoria Stilwell Academy for Dog Training & Behavior (VSA). Mom admires Victoria for her advocacy of modern dog...
by The Life of Riley | Positive Reinforcement Dog Training, Shelter Dogs
Adopting the Right Shelter Dog for You My mom came across this video that shows how excited a shelter dog was when it realized it was finally getting out of that place. Shelters are very scary for us and it’s hard to be ourselves in there. Sometimes we are very...
by The Life of Riley | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
One reason that dogs like me end up in shelters is that we sometimes behave in ways that are unwanted by our humans. We don’t mean to do things that are destructive or undesirable, I promise – we really want to please our humans! But often our humans don’t understand...
by Wendy Taylor | Cats, Dog Socialization, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training, Shelter Dogs
Meeting the Cat The first morning after I went home from the shelter, my mom introduced me to Ayla the cat. When I first arrived home, Ayla didn’t know whether she could trust me, even though I looked a lot like Sable, so she hid from me in the closet. Mom wanted me...
by The Life of Riley | Shelter Dogs
I’m Going Home from the Shelter! Somehow I found myself at a shelter one day. They named me Riley when I was there since they had no way of knowing what my previous name had been. They took very good care of me at the shelter, but it was a very scary and noisy...
