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Virginia-based trainer Justin Haefner is participating in the Appalachian Trainer Face-Off, a 100-day challenge in which horses taken in by Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue are paired with trainers to learn new skills and, ultimately, make them better candidates for adoption. Over the next few months, Haefner has agreed to take us along on his training journey with his assigned horse, Scottie. Read his first blog here.
Scottie has turned a corner, but we have a long way to go. This is certainly a case where the path forward is hazy, so each day when I show up to the barn, I will bring my best, take a deep breath and listen. This is his story being told truly as it unfolds.
Justin Haefner is a born and raised Virginia horseman who dedicates his life to helping riders and horses reach their full potential. He specializes in the foundational development of young high-performance horses, and with a background in vaquero-style natural horsemanship, Justin has developed a passion for creating a style that incorporates the teachings of classical dressage and equine bodywork to best understand the psychology and physiology of every horse he trains. In his partnership with his father, Dr. Paul Haefner, Justin runs Riding Far, LLC, which brings together modern psychology and foundational horse development to help horses and riders work through their individual roadblocks to reach their full potential.
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Originally from New York City, Louise started her riding career in early 60s. With that lack of farm and horse experience also came a great deal of fear. But through years of regular lessons, even in the snow and cold, Louise has improved dramatically and learned more about her own capabilities and the nature of horses as prey animals.
Within a few weeks Candie had found a new home with Louise and the pair went to work every week for the better part of two years. Despite the comfort of knowing her track record as a beginner lesson horse, Candie also presented her own set of challenges.
Although Candie was retired to lead the life of a pasture puff earlier this year, Louise is continuing her riding career with a younger horse named Lil Tug and credits much of her ability to deal with fear under saddle to that little stubborn mare.
Tracy Krulik is a certified dog trainer and behavior consultant, and is a specialist in the area of separation anxiety. The following is a first-person account of the challenges she faced with her dog and separation anxiety.
Without meaning to, moving to a house in Loudoun County has helped desensitize me to spiders. When we first got here two years ago, there were easily 40 massive dead spiders in the garage. After a week of wishing they would disappear, I accepted that the only way they would leave my sight was if I did something about it.
Every dog shows fear differently, so, you have to become somewhat of a master at reading body language to get this right. The clues can be very subtle. At least in the beginning, therefore, I recommend working with a certified trainer to set you down the path correctly.
Like I had done by sweeping dead spiders rather than being chased by live ones, we kept Emma feeling safe the whole time. And while we did that, we taught her that us walking out the door is nothing to fear.
Have you figured out the catch? Yes. The only way we were finally able to make any progress in helping Emma overcome her fear was to only leave her home alone for as long as she could handle. At first that meant less than 10 seconds.
The trainers on this list are all members of Greater St. Louis Training Club (GSLTC) and have provided certification to GSLTC of their qualifications, areas of service, liability insurance, and adherence to positive reinforcement, force-free, least intrusive, minimally aversive methods. Greater St. Louis Training Club provides no endorsement of these trainers or their services. GSLTC Referral list 2023
An animal lover my entire life. I have studied Applied Behavior Analysis and how it relates to setting people and their pets up for success since meeting and being inspired by my first teacher and mentor, Dr. Susan Friedman, Ph.D., more than 18 years ago. Dr. Friedman pioneered the use of ABA with companion and captive animals worldwide.
Over the years, I have and continue to attend courses, classes and conferences with presenters that have included some of the world's leading positive trainers and behaviorists such as Dr. Friedman, Steve Martin, Susan Garrett, Dr. Ian Dunbar, Suzanne Clothier, Dave Kroyer, Denise Fenzi, Kathy Sdao, and others.
Additionally I completed a two day Training and Handling with Aggressive Dogs (taught by Michael Shikashio, CDBC, and Trish McMillan, MSc, CPDT-KA, ACCBC, C DBC); and graduated from The Aggression in Dogs Master Course by Michael Shikashio.
Lisa Desatnik, CPDT-KA, FFCP, FDM, CPBC, is a certified professional dog trainer-knowledge assessed, a certified Family Dog Mediator, and a certified Fear Free dog training professional, as well as a certified parrot behavior consultant.
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Unfortunately for many dog owners, reactivity is a common behavior issue. While this article is focused on dog-dog on leash reactivity, dogs can be reactive to all sorts of things. Some bark and lunge at moving objects like trucks and scooters. Sometimes they react towards joggers, or people holding bags or walking with canes. Here at Behavior Vets, we work with many pups who struggle around kids, loud noises, and sudden bursts of activity.
Reactivity is an overreaction to external stimuli. A common display of reactivity is barking and lunging. Dogs may be reactive to people, animals, other dogs, noises, movement, or any combination of the above. Essentially, it is a reaction to something that is upsetting to your dog.
Some fear or dislike other dogs because they had a bad experience or were under-socialized when younger (lacked positive experiences with other dogs). These dogs are barking and lunging to keep other dogs away.
To get you started, or to help you stay on track, your Behavior Consultant can also coach you virtually. If you are not already sharing videos and tracking sheets with your professional, ask them to get you started. We have virtual coaching packages and online training classes that you can follow at your own pace.
I recently got a question from a reader about her dog and his car phobia. She said that he trembles the whole time and she feels absolutely terrible when they have to go places with him. This is a pretty common scenario, unfortunately. Car phobia can arise from a lack of socialization to the car at a young age or a traumatic experience while in the car at some point in the dogs history. I want to go over some ways you can help your dog learn that the car is something to look forward to instead of fear.
Play can be used if the dog a very toy motivated, however, fear and play do not get along very well so a dog that loves to play may stop playing if they are pushed into an uncomfortable situation too quickly. You can also use this to judge how your dog is feeling.
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