Taryn Blyth
What would you most like your dogs to be?
When I came back from a meeting last night, my husband relayed a conversation he had with someone from our neighbourhood on the beach...
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Taryn Blyth
- Apr 11, 2020
- 3 min
Why I don't recommend the "Carrot Game"
There are many videos doing the rounds at the moment of people playing "catch the carrot" with their dogs. This "game" where a carrot (or...
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Taryn Blyth
- Mar 19, 2020
- 7 min
Socialising your puppy during Covid-19?
I have delayed writing this post, because I think it is a bit of a minefield and I don’t really feel like being blown up with everything...
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Taryn Blyth
- Mar 11, 2020
- 6 min
Dogs as Personal or Home Protection?
I was asked to write about this subject, as it is something that comes up fairly frequently in the South African context, where crime is...
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Taryn Blyth
- Feb 11, 2020
- 3 min
If a mother dog snaps at her pups, why can’t we use “corrections” to train?
A video that I saw a while ago is doing the rounds again on social media. I often just try and ignore these things, as the points made...
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Taryn Blyth
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
You cannot reinforce fear, but you can reduce it
I have written several posts on why you cannot reinforce fear (because fear is an emotion, not a behaviour), but it really became very...
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Taryn Blyth
- Jan 27, 2020
- 1 min
It Doesn't Really Hurt, it just...
Whether it is a discussion about shock collars, citronella sprays, prong-collars, choke chain corrections, “bonking” a dog on the head...
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Taryn Blyth
- Jan 24, 2020
- 4 min
What do Trainers mean by teaching "Optimism"? Is this really a thing?
You may have heard trainers talking about creating “optimism” in dogs through training and games. This may sound like a strange concept...
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Taryn Blyth
- Jan 17, 2020
- 6 min
Why it is NOT just about Observable Behaviour
A while ago, on the support group page of a training course I was enrolled in, another trainer posted a question looking for advice about...
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Taryn Blyth
- Jan 10, 2020
- 3 min
Group Classes are Not Always the Answer
As the New Year gets underway, we have many enquiries coming in for classes for adolescent and adult dogs. It's really great that people...
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Taryn Blyth
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
Build that Reinforcement History!
Behaviour that is reinforced grows stronger. That's pretty much what we base training and behaviour modification on as positive...
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Taryn Blyth
- Dec 22, 2019
- 2 min
All habits are hard to break! A quick argument for better management:
For over 10 years we have been hanging our bathroom towels on the pipes sticking out of the geyser - simply because we had no towel hooks...
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Taryn Blyth
- Nov 18, 2019
- 4 min
Relationship First
We always ask on our intake forms for both adult and puppy classes: What do you hope to get out of attending training? We ask this,...
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Taryn
- Oct 19, 2019
- 3 min
The importance of food delivery placement in Positive Reinforcement Training
How to set up your learner for success! 😊 How and where we deliver reinforcement makes a difference in the learning process and can help...
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Taryn
- Sep 16, 2019
- 6 min
I am going to say it again- Emotions Matter
Something I read recently has been bothering me and I think it is important enough to address, even though it may be a confusing subject....
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Taryn
- Aug 21, 2019
- 3 min
Rate of Reinforcement - why is this such a big deal?
A client was asking me about another dog in the class they attend who is doing so well in training that it stands out obviously to anyone...
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Taryn
- Aug 5, 2019
- 4 min
Learning to listen
We are all learning all the time and our dogs can be great teachers if we are willing to listen. A while ago, Cruz ran into a sand dune...
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Taryn
- Jun 19, 2019
- 5 min
Fix or Fulfill?
I wanted to write one more post on why the idea of “Fixing” dogs is problematic. I have already written about why, as trainers or...
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Taryn
- Jun 10, 2019
- 5 min
Dogs are not Blank Slates
Last week I posted about why there are no guarantees when it comes to working with behaviour problems and I would like continue this, but...
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Taryn
- Jun 7, 2019
- 2 min
Training Success?
How do I define training success? Is it winning a competition? Is it having a dog that responds to every cue first time or executes every...
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