Sometimes it’s hard to find a routine – especially during a global pandemic. Of course, the weirdness of the situation is effecting our dogs, too. Dogs thrive on consistency. In that sense, they are “perfect soldiers.” So, when we’re all home …
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Managing “Neutral Reinforcement”
As the old saying goes, “that which is reinforced, is repeated.” The beauty of positive reinforcement in dog training is that it naturally bonds the dog to the handler, encourages learning and problem solving, and is fun for everyone involved. …
Engagement – Using Language
It’s often said around the dog training world when discussing verbal communication with dogs, “it doesn’t matter what you say, it’s how you say it.” There is some truth to the idea that our language is of no significance to …
Reward vs. Punishment
“How can I get my dog to stop…” is perhaps the most common way for people to open questions about their dog when speaking to a dog trainer. While the desire to eliminate unwanted behaviors is understandable, many variables go …
Engagement – Using Your Voice
Even more than a dog training company, Lucid is an education company. For this, we love it when interesting and insightful presentations about dog training are made at events such as TED and PechaKucha Night. A few years ago at …
Management: The Cornerstone to Happy Living with Dogs: Part 2
If you’ve read our recent post, Management: The Cornerstone to Happy Living with Dogs: Part 1, please read on. If you didn’t read that yet, please take a step back and read it before you continue here. When we talk …
Management: The Cornerstone to Happy Living with Dogs: Part 1
Image source: Flickr Proof that you’re not alone in the simultaneously funny and not-always-funny world of dogs is found on the rather popular website Dog Shaming and other sources inspired by the site. While the posts are usually quite funny, …
Spaying and Neutering Your Dog
We’re not veterinarians, but understandably, training clients will often ask for our opinions regarding various medical topics. From food allergies to explanations regarding hip dysplasia and our opinions of flea and tick prevention, we have our beliefs and opinions. While we …
Lucid Dog Training in Lake Oswego Review and West Linn Tidings
A funny thing happens when your business gets busy. Sometimes you forget to blog… for 7 months. There’s no better way, however, to resuscitate a blog than to get to post about a fun news article starring you. As a …
Planning on seeing “Max” the movie? Read this.
At Lucid, we love and advocate for all dogs. With that, we particularly perk up whenever any of the dog world’s breeds or types of dogs are used for the purposes of entertainment, fashion, or advertising. Actions have consequences – …
Lucid is now an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator
Lucid Dog Training is proud to announce that we have recently been certified as Canine Good Citizen Evaluators by the American Kennel Club. The AKC Website reads that, “The CGC Program is designed to reward dogs who have good manners …
Dog training lessons from Android
If you watched the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four / Finals, you hopefully saw the ad for Android called, “Friends Furever.” Via New York ad agency, Droga5, the ad is the latest in Android’s “be together. not the same.” campaign. …
Lake Oswego Leadership – Hop at the Hunt
This weekend, the Lake Oswego Leadership team will partner with Hope Sparrow Services and the Lake Oswego Hunt Club to sponsor the annual Hop at the Hunt. Read about the event in the Lake Oswego Review article written by Saundra …
Two Key Questions Every Dog Owner Must Ask
As dog trainers, we often meet our clients because their dogs repeat a behavior that is annoying and/or dangerous, and they’d like it to stop. “Our dog does X, so can you train her not to do that?” is a …
Pit Bulls in Portland
Recently, Fedor Zarkhin of The Oregonian and OregonLive set out to write a series of detailed articles that clearly outline the now 30-year-old dilemma in Portland, and elsewhere, around “Pit Bulls” (American Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, …