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    Training books

    You know, I actually just finished making my list for my family. All books, haha. It isn't strictly a dog book, but I REALLY want Coercion and its Fallout by Murray Sidman. But it's, like, more than $50. x.x These have been suggested to me: The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell...
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    New Breeders - Good or Bad?

    Okay, this is an update. I talked to other Akita owners and other Akita breeders, and apparently, Claire(the new breeder) is actually pretty recommended. She just had her first litter in October, so that's pretty exciting. She posts up daily photos, she posts pictures with the puppies at the...
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    Verbal vs. Nonverbal Markers

    In formal training sessions, I'm so quiet I'm pretty amazed. In informal training, I talk. A lot. It's a lot of "Good boy" "Good job" "That's what I'm looking for" "Oh, hey, look a bug! Wait, you can't eat it! Oh my Goddess, I heard it crunch! That's gross, Lobo" So... The clicker is...
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    New Breeders - Good or Bad?

    Thank you to everyone who replied! <3 I think, since I'm not planning on buying a puppy for a few years anyway, I'll just speak to the people who buy from her and ask them about their dogs. And as someone else suggested, I'll also see if I can find others who have bought dogs from her dogs'...
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    New Breeders - Good or Bad?

    I've been researching Japanese Akitas for several years - in fact, pretty much about as long as I've had Lobo, which is about four years. I want my own Akita Inu puppy, but this won't happen for a few years into the future. Still, because I would still like to develop a relationship with a...
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    Chaz breed info (add yours)

    AKITA GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Akita Inu was first "created" in Japan. They get their name from the Akita Prefecture, which is where they are thought to have originated. The Akita has been described as one of the oldest dogs in Japan. The Akita of today is an ancestor of the Matagi. The...
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    The Biggest Obstacle to Successful Dog Training

    Ugh, yes. Being a crossover clicker trainer with a house of people who use more traditional methods is excessively tiring, and it can make me pretty defensive when it comes to Lobo. BUT, my family have also started listening a little bit more, when they see that yelling at a barking dog is...
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