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Training a deaf dog requires an expertise not possessed by all trainers or training companies.  This articles will tell the story of T-Bone. T-Bone is a 3-year old American Bulldog Mix or Pit Bull (his origin is uncertain) that was recently rescued by a client.  However, to her dismay our client found that T-Bone jumped…

Do you ever visit your veterinarian or view a veterinary report and wonder:  "What does this mean?"  Do you sometimes feel intimidated by your veterinarian or the responsibility of making a medical decision for your dog? Now you can relax a bit.  CPT has come to the rescue! Pet Place has some outstanding articles that…

Some dog owners insist that their dogs attentively watch television, whereas other dog owners say that their dogs have no interest in television.  Interestingly, there was a question whether dogs could even accurately see television images in the days of standard definition, because of the slower flicker fusion rate and the inferior resolution of older…

Does Your Dog Pull You Uncontrollably Whereby You Hate Going For Walks? No need to worry, CPT has the solutions.  With CPT's leash walking protocols you will soon be able to walk multiple family dogs simultaneously on a loose leash. Rather than provide voluminous text information, this post will focus on a visual education.  Nevertheless,…

Does Your Dog Bark Reactively or Jump When Visitors Enter the Doorway?   Introduction: Tom and Martha contacted CPT concerned about how Schroeder, their 2.5 year old, neutered, male Golden Retriever Mix acted with visitors. Schroeder was often apprehensive with new persons, especially males, and would routinely bark, lunge, and threaten to nip persons who…

Addressing Bruin's Dog Reactivity Intro: The videos and text describing our work with Lola explained the seven CPT counterconditioning and desensitization drills that we commonly perform in cases of on-leash conspecific excitability or aggression.  Once dogs excel at the seven initial drills we have several alternatives for furthering their training.  One alternative is the CPT…

Addressing Lola's Dog Reactivity Background: Lola was mostly neglected by her initial owner, who agreed to re-home Lola to someone who would provide Lola more quality time. When Maureen rescued Lola at l-year of age, Lola exhibited reactive behavior on-leash when meeting unfamiliar people or dogs. Maureen had difficulty walking or socializing Lola, due to…

Michelle brought Scruffy, her Toy Poodle, to CPT after he failed 2 Happy Tails evaluations due to compulsive nonaggressive vocal reactivity (barking and whining) amidst unfamiliar dogs. To address the problem, in a pristine environment we began employing a variety of impulse control protocols that encouraged Scruffy to remain calm, quiet, and attentive. We then…

  To most effectively and most humanely address any dog training or behavioral problem, we wish first to diagnose the origin of the behavior. Pulling on leash is most commonly caused by: 1. General excitability, 2. General under-stimulation, 3. Excitability or arousal directed toward or emanating from a specific stimulus, 4. Dominance, 5. Lack of…