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		<title>Shaping a Behavior</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2009/07/25/shaping-a-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can your dog read your mind? Of course he can! You&#8217;ll probably swear to it after you&#8217;ve shaped a few behaviors, and you can tell your friends this is the case. But you&#8217;ll know the truth &#8211; that he&#8217;s offering you behaviors because he&#8217;s been reinforced repeatedly for those behaviors &#8211; and he even figured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clicker Basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Averill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three things to understand about using the clicker – You will click one time when your dog does a behavior you like. Timing is everything! Pretend you’re taking a snapshot of the desired behavior. Click at exactly the instant that the behavior is happening. This means you should start the click when you see the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stay to play</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2008/10/24/stay-to-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a fun game to play with your dog that will help teach her impulse control, develop a more solid stay and an enthusiastic release. This exercise will help teach your dog what a release cue is and will build in anticipation for that cue. So be sure you know what word you&#8217;re using as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivating Your Dog</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2008/10/11/motivating-your-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Averill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There can be a large discrepancy between what you think is motivating for your dog and what your dog actually finds motivating. Sometimes, depending on circumstances or surroundings, motivators that have been top in the dog&#8217;s opinion become mundane and uninteresting. Thus, it&#8217;s very important that you know what drives your dog and that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agility Equipment for Home Use</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2008/08/23/agility-equipment-for-home-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Averill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weave Poles &#8230; by Averill Ring If your goal is to be successful in agility competition, it&#8217;s almost imperative to have the ability to train at home. Training once a week at the training center is definitely not enough for your dog to become proficient in weaves, for example &#8211; at least not within a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Yard training&#8221; your pup</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2008/08/22/yard-training-your-pup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Averill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; by Cathy Hughes There is a lot of confusion surrounding the house training process for our dogs. This is amazing to us since humans have been faced with this task for centuries&#8230;you’d think we’d get it right by now. Perhaps the confusion starts with the name&#8211;“house training.” From the numerous calls we get it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elementary canine behavior (exploding some myths)</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2008/08/22/elementary-canine-behavior-exploding-some-myths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Averill</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; by Averill Ring The domestic dog&#8217;s ancestors were carnivorous beasts that hunted and killed other animals for food. The behaviors associated with these skills are “hard wired” into our dogs to some extent. Without these skills they would perish. The dog&#8217;s inherent social skills enable him to coexist well with humans The fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education for you and your puppy</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2008/08/22/education-for-you-and-your-puppy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Averill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; by Cathy Hughes Adding a new puppy to your family is an exciting event. It may have followed long research or it may have been an impulse adoption. In any event, it doesn’t take long before the romance period of puppy ownership is tested. Let’s take a look at how we may extend that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clicker training Q&amp;A</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2008/08/22/clicker-training-qa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Averill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; by Cathy Hughes Operant conditioning made its major scientific debut in the 1920s, and clicker training was used for training many species of animals for commercial purposes as early as the 1940s. This thing called Click &#38; Treat (C&#38;T) is not a new concept. Mountain View Dog Training has been using and teaching a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog training in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://mountainviewdogtraining.com/2008/08/22/dog-training-in-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Cathy Hughes Obedience classes have gone through an amazing metamorphosis in the past two decades. Methods well grounded in the science of operant conditioning in general and positive reinforcement in particular are being used routinely in the training of service dogs and other &#8220;dogs with jobs.&#8221; A great number of obedience class instructors have [...]]]></description>
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