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New Study

Samantha Xavier — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:59:00 GMT

Hi Again Everyone!

I just wanted share this Shock Collar Study with everyone. It's just that much more scientifical proof that using these things on our dogs are much more harmful to them then good. I found it very interesting and helpful in giving me more evidence to support my feelings on these training aids. So please if you are looking for someone to train your dog, do not go with shock training. Please remember, the e collar has been banned and determined inhumane by Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Austria and many parts of Australia. Hopefully we will follow suit!

IAABC Confrence 2011

Samantha Xavier — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT

Hi again everyone!

Just wanted to pop in to tell everyone that The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) is having their conference in Warwick, RI! The conference will be held April 1st-3rd, 2011. Their guests include

Dr. James Akenhead

Brenda Aloff

Bob Bailey

Dr. Nicholas Dodman

Dr. Franklin McMillan

Myrna Milani, BS, DVM

Victoria Stilwell

A very exciting group! I really hope to see you all there! Here is the link for more info! http://iaabc.org/conference

Positive Print for our Pitty Friends!

Samantha Xavier — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:29:00 GMT

Hi again!

I was on my facebook page this morning and noticed a link posted by The Little Rhodie Bully Breed Club Inc. It's an article posted from Turn to 10 about the first Pit Bull to be used for police search and rescue in Rhode Island. It is so good to see this wonderful breed FINALLY getting some good PR for once! Hopefully the more we educate people and continue to put these dogs in place where they help to save and enrich human lives they will finally be able to shed their undeserved reputation!

Here is the link to the article, enjoy! -

http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2010/jul/23/pit-bull-joins-police-search-and-rescue-team-ar-162259/

McConnell/ Remirez Weekend

Samantha Xavier — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:24:00 GMT

Hi Everyone!

I know it's been a while since posting anything on here, but I figured I would try to start it up again! So this weekend in an effort to further my dog training know-how, I attended a weekend long seminar put on by Dogs Of Course!. The guest speakers for the seminar were Patricia McConnell and Ken Remirez. They each had a day to themselves and the days were entitled For The Love Of The Dog: Emotions in You & Your Dog, and How They Affect Training and Relationships / From Purgatory to Nirvana: The Path To Enlightened Training.

I was most excited to her Patricia talk since I had yet to hear her speak and loved several of her books. And I can tell you she didn't disappoint! She kept things interesting and up-beat. I won't go into what she taught just because people are so uppity about what you post any where that the last thing I need is to get in trouble for posting to much info! haha!!!! But I can tell you that personally I found her amazing and can't wait to hear her speak again. I picked up a few of her books while I was there and can't wait to start them.

I didn't enjoy the second day with Ken as much. He was a GREAT speaker! But I had actually heard a lot of what he said today already when I heard him speak at Clicker Expo when it was in RI recently. That and I think being woken up by a roaring train at 3 a.m. and having my brain filled for 8 hrs the day before didn't really help. I did find his talking about secondary reinforcers much more interesting and helpful then I did about his talking on problem solving ( again because I had already heard it and was craving something new). On the whole it was a good talk but I think it could be much better when given to a group of people with their level of experience & skill being the same as opposed to being generalized for a large group of people with mixed levels of skill, which was the audience at this weekend.

All in all it was a wonderful experience and I can't wait to be able to do something similar again. If any one is interested in going to seminars to further their knowledge on dogs and training a great place to start looking is dogsofcourse.com. Hope to see you at something in the future!

Good Night All!!!!

Poor Shaggy

Samantha Xavier — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:59:00 GMT

Today has not been a good day for our mascot Shaggy. We had to make a trip to the vet for an eye injury. This was then followed by poking, prodding, eye drops, and nail clipping. To make matters worse it was followed by being condemned to wearing a cone for a week. So needless to say Shaggy has NOT had a good day. But he should be up and back to normal in about a week. We will keep you posted!

Update

Samantha Xavier — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:40:00 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I have a couple of announcements for this month. First, I will be attending Pet Expo to help out our friends at Sophie's Dog House. The Pet Expo will be March 14th & 15th 11 a.m- 6 p.m. at the Rhode Island Convention Center. For more information such as vendor lists and pricing check their site HERE.

I am also excited to say that I will be attending Clicker Expo 2009. Here I will be expanding my knowledge and working to become a better trainer. Because I will be there I will not be providing services or responding to mail or phone ( unless it's an emergency) March 27th - March 29th. All calls and e-mail's received during that time frame will be answered on Monday March 30th.

This month I am also going to try to put out a newsletter. If not this month then definitely next month. I hope to include book and product reviews and other fun training tips for you all. If I don't already have your e-mail address and you are interested in receiving the newsletter fill out the contact us form on our site and let us know you would like it.

Also, all current and past clients, please remember to send pictures of your pets if you would like them to be posted on the site.

That's all for now, so keep watching for more! ;-P

Welcome

Samantha Xavier — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:31:43 GMT

Hi everyone,

Welcome to my blog. It's not much, but please check back for updates, training tips, and if your interested, to get to know me and my company a little better!