We’ve all seen the videos floating around YouTube featuring dogs giving “guilty looks.” The forlorn expression, head hung low, avoiding eye contact and other forms of body language that dog owners insist are proof of misbehavior, disobedience, and the dog’s admission of guilt. By not properly understanding your dog’s guilty look, you could be scolding […]
The power of one extremely valuable, desired reward can have a profound impact on behavior. This is often called “jackpotting,” and can lead to a behavior change in an individual that lasts for varying amounts of time. When we are working with dogs and children, jackpots can be an easy way to strengthen behaviors in both our […]
The Good Dog Blog awards a weekly “Good Dog Award” to those doing good things for dogs. This week, our Good Dog Award Winners are Chaser, a Border Collie, and her person Dr. John Pilley, a psychologist and retired Wofford College professor. Dr. Pilley has taught Chaser over 1000 words, giving her the unofficial title of […]
Good Dog in a Box co-founders Jenn Merritt, CPDT-KA and Kim Merritt-Butler attended the Family Paws Parent Education Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina July 30-August 1st. This extraordinary gathering of dog/child educators from across North America was a wonderful opportunity to discuss innovative techniques to help create “dog aware” generations by supporting families with children and dogs.
Help your child stay SAFE around dogs by learning the SAFE game. The SAFE game teaches four simple body language cues that keep children quiet and calm during an interaction with a dog they don’t know. These cues are also signals to the dog that the child is not a threat. The goal of the […]
