Running playgroup is an advanced skill!
For safe and fun playgroups, you need to train people, not dogs.
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Mikayla Moore
- Aug 3
- 2 min
What do you call a playgroup with no play? Fight Club.
Escalation to aggression is NOT play.
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mara velez
- Aug 2
- 2 min
Play Styles -- Fact or Fiction?
Good play happens with relaxed dogs in a low-stress environment.
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mara velez
- Jul 31
- 3 min
Working together: Incorporating ethics, choice, and collaboration into shelter volunteer programs
Volunteers are critical to great welfare.
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mara velez
- Jul 30
- 4 min
"Just tire them out" is bad advice, full stop.
For highly aroused dogs, there's much more going on under the hood!
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 23
- 5 min
How and when do we add a cue to a behavior?
...and what even is a cue, anyway?
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 22
- 2 min
Command or Cue? Language matters.
Word choice reflects the relationship between you and your learner.
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 21
- 4 min
Errorless Learning -- for Pets and People!
pssst -- our ethical approach to animal trainings happens to work with people, too!
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 20
- 2 min
The Rat is Always Right.
Labeling a learner stubborn or unintelligent when a training session goes poorly is a dead end.
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Be in the moment -- there's a first time for every behavior!
Don't tell yourself a story -- read the behavior in front of you.
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 18
- 2 min
Happy Visits at the Shelter? Yes you can!
Sprinkle in Happy Visits for long-term positive feels about vet visits!
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Calm Exits: Well-placed Food is your Friend!
Managing arousal on kennel exit will set your dog up for a successful session!
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 16
- 2 min
Consent Tests: Yes, please! or No, thank you!
A consent test is distilled down to “pet pet pause.”
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Mikayla Moore
- Jul 15
- 2 min
When Playgroup Isn't Right
Playgroup is only PART of the enrichment picture!
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Yona Rappaport
- Jul 14
- 8 min
Learning and growing through feedback
Receiving critical feedback is part of the learning process, and something our team takes very seriously.
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Alli Holte
- Jul 13
- 6 min
For shelter animals, training is enrichment and enrichment is training.
How can we use learning science to our advantage when the animal:trainer ratio in a shelter might be 100:1, or worse?
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