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Why I Don't Use E Collars
The story isn't pleasant. The training debates always seem to escalate into methodology "wars". I am not here to justify methodology...

ABC Dogs NZ
Feb 23, 20255 min read
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Reactive dogs. The WHY is everything and nothing.
We see the barking, the reaction and we concentrate so much on that moment. We may also think we see the issue clearly because in that...

ABC Dogs NZ
Feb 16, 20253 min read
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An Open Letter To "Those" Puppy Breeders
I've spoken to you, communicated with you and pleaded with you to stop, but you are firmly entrenched in a highly profitable side hustle...

ABC Dogs NZ
Feb 10, 20255 min read
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Why Professional Dog Training Doesn't Work.
It is wholly unrealistic to say that all dogs will respond to training or behaviour modification. In saying that there are usually very...

ABC Dogs NZ
Feb 2, 20256 min read
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The "dirty little secret". Over Placating our dogs.
This is going to be controversial. Dog trainers that bring up this subject are often seen as unfeeling and even cruel. What can be much...

ABC Dogs NZ
Jan 29, 20254 min read
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Dog reactivity. Dog day care and pack walks.
There are some very serious problems with pack walks and dog day care and it needs to be recognised. While there are some good and GREAT...

ABC Dogs NZ
Jan 23, 20254 min read
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Trigger stacking and dog reactivity.
Some days a dogs behaviour can just change for seemingly no reason we can see, or is there something else occurring ? ABC Dogs NZ....

ABC Dogs NZ
Jan 22, 20252 min read
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Do we use Ai for our content?
The amount of dog trainers using Ai is concerning. Those "perfect" blogs and replies on social media are increasing. Ai can be helpful,...

ABC Dogs NZ
Jan 19, 20252 min read
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