March 28th, 2012
By Eric Letendre
This episode we will be discussing fear aggression and Scaredy Dogs. Many dogs show fear of other dogs and or people. This can be simple fear of everything or fear of one thing or object.
Dogs can fear men, vacuum cleaners, other dogs and just about everything else.
September 15th, 2011
By Eric Letendre
I LOVE getting emails like this:
“Eric,
Thought you might like to have a story
that has a happy ending. About a year
ago I adopted a Leash Aggressive, Dog
Aggressive, Man/Boy Aggressive Glen of
Imaal Terrier.
I joined the inner circle about a year
ago and have been reading and following
your advice.
He was certified AKC Canine Good Citizen
in August, has achieved his Rally Novice
title and we’re working on his Beginner
Novice title (we’ve got one leg).
I still have to manage his space and make
sure other dogs don’t get in his face. He
will never be a dog I can relax with when
out an about but he’s on his way to becoming
a calmer happy dog.
Positive training does work! This dog was
on his way to becoming another statistic
for unmanageable dogs that are put down
because no one wants to take the time to
look at the world from his point of view.
Thank you for the tons of good information
available on your site.
You saved my dog’s life!” Mary H.
Getting an email like this does not make my
day it makes my month!
Become a member today:
All the best,
Eric
April 25th, 2011
By Eric Letendre
New England is beautiful and a great place to live but sometimes the weather really SUCKS! Saturday morning we had snow. The next day, 70 degrees. Go figure.
Anyway. Saturday was cold, the book I ordered from Amazon didn’t come in, Rach was making cake pops for Easter and I was not feeling too good.
So…I decided I was going to plop down on the couch and watch a movie.
Lucky for me one of my all time favorite movies was on.
It is violent, bloody, but full of action. The movie… Keep Reading…
April 19th, 2011
By Eric Letendre
Woke up around 5:00AM the other day and heard a very interesting story on the radio.
A junior high school principal was having a difficult time with the girls in her school.
Every day, the girls in school would go into the bathroom, put on lipstick and then kiss the mirror leaving lip prints behind to get cleaned.
The janitor was getting fed up with it and approached the principal. The principal politely asked the girls in the school to stop kissing the mirror after applying fresh lipstick.
The next day – lip prints all over the mirror.
Again, the principal politely asked the girls to stop.
More lipstick prints.
Then the janitor came up with a brilliant idea.
The principal called the girls into the bathroom and explained how difficult it was for the janitor to clean the mirror everyday with the lip prints all over it.
To show them how hard the janitor worked at getting them off the mirror, the principal asked the janitor to clean the mirror for them to see. The janitor took his squeegee and plunked it into the toilet. He then took the toilet water soaked squeegee and washed the mirror.
No more lipstick prints on the mirror.
Listening to that story made me think of dog training.
You see, when it comes to dog training there are some trainers who preach that never, under any circumstances, are we to use any form of negative to train. Believe me, I am ALL about positive training and am EXTREMELY cautious when it comes to using any type of negative during a training session.
BUT…
…there is no denying that done correctly, negative consequences for certain behaviors can greatly speed up the process just as the story above illustrates.
I understand why trainers have developed such strong feelings against using any type of negative. Anyone who started training dogs before the 90′s has seen first-hand the brutal methods that were used on a lot of poor dogs.
A lot of dogs suffered greatly all in the name of ”training.”
I have just put up a new video on aggressive behavior on my Facebook page. It explains how a lot of the methods and equipment used actually develop aggressive behavior.
You can check it out here:
Amazing Dog Training Man Facebook Page
All the best,
Eric
April 18th, 2011
By Eric Letendre
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Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States. For more than 20 years, he has been developing dog training "hacks" that have worked for dog owners all over the world. Eric operates from a home office or a laptop while traveling and draws on his experience and passion for dog training to show others how to develop a dog that is truly “Man’s Best Friend”.
Eric is the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Hack Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
