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What Does Least in Intrusive Minimally Aversive Truly Mean?
I consider myself a LIMA (least intrusive, minimally aversive) trainer. I know some would certainly disagree and I will be honest, my...
Kayley Paylor
Apr 5, 20219 min read
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You Set Your Own Boundaries. What Do You Let Your Dog Get Away With?
I’d attended one prior practice when my future flyball teammates invited me to a flyball seminar by Colleen Morita that they were...
Kayley Paylor
Mar 15, 20214 min read
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Improving Confidence - Pairing Limited Flooding with Observational Learning
I’ve talked about observational learning before here. I haven’t discussed flooding before, mainly because I don’t utilize it heavily....
Kayley Paylor
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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The Mystique of the Rescue Dog – My Dog is Not A Rescue, He Was Lovingly Placed with Me
As an adult, I started in dogs through rescue. I had a roommate that had a three-legged Yorkie mix. He was neurotic but ultimately a very...
Kayley Paylor
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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Managing a Multi Dog Household
This is a topic that is much on my mind as I prepare to add Tabiri to my pack this coming weekend. My opinion on this topic is not a...
Kayley Paylor
Mar 15, 20216 min read
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Meet Them Where They're At
I can't tell you what to believe. Well. I can. But that won't make you believe what I tell you. I can only present opportunities,...
Kayley Paylor
Feb 7, 20215 min read
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Harnessing Pack Drive
It's been my intention to write about a dog's various kind of drive for some time now, and it's still on my to-do list. In short, dogs'...
Kayley Paylor
Feb 5, 20214 min read
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Creating Context with Equipment
I have a lot of dog gear. Not a huge amount of collars, all my dogs only have a tag collar and a regular martingale and Anubi has a...
Kayley Paylor
Jan 30, 20217 min read
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Temperament - Nature, Nurture, or Somewhere in Between?
The question of nature vs nurture has been hotly debated time and again. There have been many studies done to attempt to answer this...
Kayley Paylor
Dec 13, 20205 min read
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How the Culture of "Can I Pet Your Dog?" Doesn't Serve our Dogs
If you ask to pet my dog as I'm walking down the street on the way to see a friend or a client, I'm going to say no. If you ask before...
Kayley Paylor
Nov 22, 20205 min read
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Consistency is Key
This is going to be a controversial, I'll just state that upfront. I've mentioned I'm a LIMA trainer before - Least Intrusive, Minimally...
Kayley Paylor
Nov 22, 20207 min read
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My Azawakh Raising Protocol
I've been running an experiment the past three years. When I say it like that it sounds so clinical, but that's the reality of raising...
Kayley Paylor
Oct 13, 202016 min read
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