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"In film you will find four basic story lines. Man versus man, man versus nature, nature versus nature, and dog versus vampire." -- Steven Spielberg

"Whatever you do will be insignificant but it is very important that you do it." --Mahatma Gandhi

Dog Stuff

Authority without domination.
Love without subservience.
Respect without fear.

"Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well."


--Bonnie Wilcox (Old Dogs, Old Friends)

"On judgement day if God should say, "Did you clean your house today?" I will say, "I did not, I played with my dogs and I forgot."

"It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it up"


--P.G. Wodehouse

"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives."


--Sue Murphy

"Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane."


--Smiley Blanton

"I would not give much for that man's religion whose cat and dog are not the better for it."


--Abraham Lincoln

"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

-- Samuel Butler

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

-- Groucho Marx

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man."

-- Mark Twain

"Much like the law of gravity, the laws of learning are always in effect. Thus, the question is not whether to use the laws of learning, but rather how to use them effectively."

-- Scott Spreat and Susan Rogers Spreat, Learning Principles

"There's facts about dogs, and then there's opinions about them. The dogs have the facts, and the humans have the opinions. If you want the facts about the dog, always get them straight from the dog. If you want opinions, get them from humans."

-- J. Allen Boone, Kinship With All Life

"The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be."

-- Konrad Lorenz, Man Meets Dog

"Personally I have never trained a young dog that could be improved by cruelty rather than kindness, by impatience rather than understanding, or by the stick over the gentle hand."

--David Rees

Dog training humor (if you don't get it and are interested, read on.):

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Pavlov:
Through conditioning to associate the action with a reward, road crossing became a conditioned reflex.

B.F. Skinner:
Because the R+ of road crossing exceeded the P- of NOT crossing.

Bill Koehler:
Because he had been taught the consequences of NOT crossing the road.

Karen Pryor:
Any subject, even a chicken, properly reinforced can be trained to cross a road.

Terry Ryan:
To get a Bonus Bone.

Gary Wilkes:
Because that's where the target was.

Want to know more about my training methods and philosophy? Start with Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the Dog Home Page

Then continue with articles by Suzanne Clothier

"A behaviorist is someone who pulls habits out of rats." - R.H.F.

LINKS

Dog Days - Joan's Dog Training and future Dog Daycare site

Zoie's Page

Frannie's Picture Page

Nick's Picture Page

Q's Picture Page

Dog Book List - My list of good dog books.

Frannie and Nick oil portraits by Linda Lea Sparkman

Definitions of my dogs' titles.

Clicker training best articles

DogPatch - all kinds of information about agility and obedience and lots of great links!

AltVetMed - Holistic Veterinary Medicine-Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Nutritional Therapy & Other Complementary or Alternative Modalities

Dog-Play - sports and activities you can do with your dog.

CleanRun - agility information and products.

Good places to buy dog obedience equipment, including scent articles and dumbbells.

Dr. P's Dog Training Library

SouthWest Tracking Association - Great info and articles about tracking.

That's all folks! Thanks for visiting!

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