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Jessica Cargill
- Oct 23
- 3 min
Family Dogs ARE Working Dogs
Kai went widely out, neatly pushing the large Kiko goats to me with only the most perfunctory tap of the staff to push him a little wider...
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Jessica Cargill
- Sep 14
- 1 min
OCTOBER CLASS SCHEDULE
October dog training class schedule
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Jessica Cargill
- Sep 14
- 2 min
What is dominance?
I was inspired today to talk about dominance by a fantastic dog trainer in North Carolina. I think it's a concept that's frequently...
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Jessica Cargill
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Beginning Again in Dog Training (and writing!)
Since it's been several long, long, years since I wrote a blog post, I apologise if I'm a little rusty. Perhaps in the intervening years,...
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Jessica C.
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Protection Dogs – Dogs Make Poor Weapons
I’m going to write something fairly controversial here about dog training ethics, but it’s an idea I believe in strongly and I wanted to...
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Jessica C.
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
No Such Thing As A “Trained Dog”
There is no such thing as a trained dog. There are only dogs in training. There is absolutely nothing more painful for me as a dog...
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Jessica C.
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
The Many Faces of Dog Play
People love to see dog play, and like for their dogs to have “friends”, which is fine. I think a good dog relationship offers something...
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Jessica C.
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
Space in Dog Language
Space is a really important concept in dog language, which is why in my dog training programs one of the first exercises I teach is an...
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