AnimalSensibility is the place to turn to for all of your dog training answers. Collectively, our staff has more than 75 years of extensive and comprehensive experience in dog training and behavior and of course, total dedication to dogs. We are active members of several professional organizations, regularly attend seminars and conferences and are happily obsessed with obtaining the most up-to-date training and behavior information available — and then passing it along to you. This blog is our opportunity to do that on a much larger scale. Our trainers will share new training techniques, case studies from the many classes and private lessons we conduct each week all over Chicagoland, stories from our time volunteering with rescues and shelters, as well as our experiences with our own dogs.
I am a big fan of teaching dogs to play tug. It not perfect for every dog, but don’t believe the fallacy that it “makes” dogs aggressive. That simply isn’t true. In fact, when played with strict rules, quite the opposite is true. Its many benefits include: Building your relationship with your dog. Teaching excellent [...]
Continue Reading | February 13, 2012 | Read all posts by Sally Bushwaller
As some of you may know, I not only work for AnimalSense, but I also work for CanineLink (formerly AnimalSense Academy). CanineLink is a new company founded by Jamie Damato Migdal, who founded AnimalSense. We teach people to become dog trainers. Being a new business, we got new everything: new name, new website, new collateral [...]
Continue Reading | February 10, 2012 | Read all posts by Sarah Gaziano
Here’s the next round of answers for our Ask a Trainer feature on our new website. It’s your chance to get dog training advice from the pros at AnimalSense. Stay tuned for more questions & answers, and if you have a burning dog training question, just “Ask a Trainer”! What’s a good way to drive alone [...]
Continue Reading | February 9, 2012 | Read all posts by Andrea Miller
During my time in AnimalSense Academy (now CanineLink), I did a presentation about Canine Myths. One myth I busted was that dogs only see in black and white. I found it very interesting, so I thought I’d share my findings with all of you! Hope you enjoy! So do dogs only see in black and [...]
Continue Reading | February 7, 2012 | Read all posts by Erin Polanshek
The New Year is often a time for creating resolutions for ourselves, but how successful are they? We live in an age of self-gratification. We eat too much because it makes us feel better. We smoke because it helps calm us. We are too busy, so we don’t exercise. So, at New Year’s we promise [...]
Continue Reading | February 6, 2012 | Read all posts by Erin Schneider