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, 20203 min read
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, 20207 min read
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, 20206 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20206 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20194 min read
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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Oct 19, 20193 min read
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, 20196 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20194 min read
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, 20195 min read
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, 20195 min read
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, 20192 min read
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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