Don't Be a Dick to Your Dog

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How to avoid dog park drama (but still show your dog a good time)
At many dog runs, people have good intentions but no dog-behavior knowledge, and sometimes, no people skills, to boot. It's Lord Of The Flies meets Best…
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Annie Grossman
My Special Black Friday Stress: A Dog Trainer's Perspective on Anxiety, Business Ownership and Sales
I've been grappling with the stress of the holidays as both a dog trainer and a business owner. How is that marketers all have us expertly trained with…
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Annie Grossman
"Daddy's Home, and He's Pissed": What Bad Dog Training Can Teach Us About Authoritarianism
This election season was rife with crazy stories relating to politicians and pets, and revealed confusion about what happens when you change behavior…
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Dogmas & Dog Ewoks: How Halloween can polarize dog lovers
Everything seems crazy and awful right now in the world and then, on top of it all, people are… putting costumes on dogs.
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What happens when you publish a paper showing e-collars can be effective? Anamarie replies to negative feedback to her study. Plus: Annie…
Part 1: Annie discusses how she faced a dilemma when Anamarie published a paper about shock collars. Part 2: She tries to buy one. Part 3: Anamarie…
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Professional dog trainers are really mad at each other! Also: Book Launch, Miniconference, and... New Co-Host!
Meet Anamarie Johnson!
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Gray Areas: Thoughtful conversations about "balance" at a time when punishment has become a spectacle. Plus: the"mice" of at an R+ Floridian…
Annie reads a post from Denise Fenzi's page that sparked some interesting comments on labels in the world of dog training.
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Don't Be a Dick to Your Dog
Don't Be a Dick to Your Dog
Annie Grossman is a journalist, dog trainer, business owner, mom and lifelong New Yorker who loves writing about the science of behavior and dogs. She is the owner of School For The Dogs in NYC and the author of How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science.
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