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		<title>Two days without Bartleby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The unrelenting stress of the last eight weeks and the shock of the last two days have been replaced with a crushing misery that answers the questions my mind was screaming on Wednesday. “What does this mean? How will I be?” I know now, and I wish I did not. People who knew Bartleby, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/12/23/two-days-without-bartleby/</link>
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		<title>Helping Bartleby while helping you solve a nagging problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bartleby needs help and I need help giving it to him. In exchange, I’d like to offer something that I hope will be valuable to you. If you and I have connected for more than 5 minutes over the last 9 years, you know that the most important thing in my personal life is Bartleby, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/11/09/helping-bartleby-with-the-perfect-apology/</link>
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		<title>Wonderful Walks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us for a skill-building workshop to: put the kibosh on pulling develop the best techniques for getting the 2Ps and the E (hint: the E stands for exercise) Create a great walk routine that makes the most of the best part of your dog&#8217;s day Space is limited, so grab your registration now. All [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/10/06/wonderful-walks/</link>
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		<title>How to help a lost dog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m both sad and glad to report that my friends&#8217; Beagle mix, Sassafras is still missing. It&#8217;s sad because she has been on the street since April 8th. It&#8217;s glad because recent search tracks have indicated that she is still out there. (See the latest in her blog here.) I spoke to one of Sassafras&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/09/22/help-a-lost-dog/</link>
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		<title>This Saturday! Join us at the Community Dog Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite events of the year. I&#8217;ll be joining a couple of local dignitaries at the judging table. We will put our noses together to choose the best in show, as well as best costume, best trick, funniest, smallest/tallest, etc. See the calendar for details and then bring your four footed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/09/13/this-saturday-join-us-at-the-community-dog-show/</link>
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		<title>alpha rolls make sense when dogs do it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just recently, I witnessed a well-meaning dog person pinning his puppy to the ground, his hand around her neck. He used an alpha roll in an effort to teach his dog to not jump on other dogs in the park. The puppy screamed so loudly and for so long, that I broke off a conversation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/09/13/alpha-rolls-make-sense-when-dogs-do-it/</link>
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		<title>leave them in the litter!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For years, I’ve been advocating that people leave puppies with their litter mates for at least sixty days and, preferably eighty to ninety. Doing so gives the puppies the chance to learn natural bite inhibition from their razor toothed mates in a way that human intervention simply can’t. This leads to a soft mouth later [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/09/13/leave-them-in-the-litter-2/</link>
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		<title>Case Study: Speaking so your dog can hear you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, I worked with a lovely woman whose dog was behaving like the bossiest boss you ever met. The dog… we’ll call her Prada (no relation to any dog actually named Prada)…was aggressive, overbearing and loud. Her person… we’ll call her Patty…was sad, confused and disappointed in her relationship with her beloved pooch. “It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/08/30/case-study/</link>
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		<title>One word, one behavior</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The truth is, any one of them would be sufficient. The key is to choose one and stick to it. In fact, you could say &#8216;kumquat&#8217; with the same results, as long as you were consistent. Problems arise when multiple words, spoken multiple times confuse your dog. It might even seem that your dog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/08/30/one-word-one-behavior/</link>
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		<title>Focus on what you want, vs. what you don’t want</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All creatures respond to rewarded behaviors. Figure out what you want your dog to do and reward that while avoiding rewards for unwanted behavior. Keep in mind that your voice, touch, attention, food, games and toys are all rewards. Even yelling is rewarding! Practice unwavering leadership every day, especially on your walk. The energy you’re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedoggylama.com/2011/08/29/focus-on-what-you-want-vs-what-you-don%e2%80%99t-want/</link>
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