Karen Overall

Bright Light on the Veterinary Behavior Horizon 9

 in Dog Behavior Modification / Peaceable Paws / positive dog training / Travels with PPaws  tagged dog / dog trainer / dog training / Karen Overall / NAVC / Pat Miller / Peaceable Paws / positive training / seminar / Veterinian by

Every trainer I know can recount horror stories of veterinarians giving their clients bad training and behavior advice, and handling dogs inappropriately. You know: “Alpha-roll your puppy to show him you are dominant” “Don’t take your pup anywhere until after he’s 6 months old and has had all his shots” Techs and vets forcibly restraining a violently resisting dog in order to trim nails or draw blood (To be fair, I’m sure veterinarians have equally horrifying stories of trainers inappropriately giving veterinary advice, but that’s grist for another blog.) The good news is that a growing number of veterinarians are […]

A Week in the Life 15

 in Animal Training  tagged bite inhibition / Carla Hebert / dog / dog training / Karen Overall / Level 1 Training Academy / Pat Miller / Peaceable Paws / shaping / shelter by

Okay, so… I knew this would happen. Now that I’ve started to blog, every time something happens I think “Oh, I need to put that in my blog!” That means that at least this time around (and probably in future times, at least some of the time) you get a running commentary on my week. Last week was a full one. First of all, the weather was scrumptious, reaching well into the 80’s by week’s end. I heard a weather reporter say it was the nicest two-day Spring we’ve ever had. Everything is starting to blossom… here are some of […]