Chamaram-me Safira: reforço positivo

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domingo, 3 de maio de 2009

Freestyle com a Safira o começo...

Aqui está o vídeo daquilo que temos andado a trabalhar com a Safira. Estes movimentos têm que ser aperfeiçoados e treinados até que estejam fluentes de forma a que possamos depois pensar numa rotina e colocá-la numa música. Mas para já ficam com uma ideia do que temos andado a praticar.

Esperemos que gostem!

domingo, 12 de abril de 2009

A importância dos reforços e da sua qualidade no treino canino

Este Domingo fizemos pela primeira vez um tipo de podcast acerca da importância dos reforços para o treino positivo dos nossos cães. A Safira foi mais uma vez a estrela do nosso vídeo, fazendo uma demonstração fantástica do que ela consegue fazer. Por isso coloquei aqui, espero que gostem! Comentem!

Dogs Bite: But Balloons And Slippers Are More Dangerous.

Dogs are dangerous. And they are more dangerous to children than to adults. Not as dangerous of course, as kitchen utensils, drapery cords, five-gallon water buckets, horses, or cows. Not nearly as dangerous as playground equipment, swimming pools, skateboards, or bikes. And not remotely as dangerous as family, friends, guns, or cars.

Here’s the reality. Dogs almost never kill people. A child is more likely to die choking on a marble or a balloon, and an adult is more likely to die in a bedroom slipper related accident. Your chances of being killed by a dog are roughly one in 18 million. You are five times more likely to be killed by a bolt of lightning.

The supposed epidemic numbers of dog bites splashed across the media are absurdly inflated by dubious research and by counting bites that don’t actually hurt anyone. Even when dogs do injure people, the vast majority of injuries are at the Band-Aid level.

Dogs enhance the lives of millions more people than even the most inflated estimates of dog-bite victims. Infants who live with dogs have fewer allergies. People with dogs have less cardiovascular disease, better heart attack survival, and fewer backaches, headaches, and flu symptoms. Petting your dog lowers stress and people who live with dogs just plain feel better than people who don’t.

Yet lawmakers, litigators and insurers press for less dog ownership. This must stop. We must maintain perspective. Yes, dogs bite. But even party balloons and bedroom slippers are more dangerous.