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		<title>Appreciation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to all who&#8217;ve taken the time to read my recent post on the irrational treatment of punishment in dog training. For any new visitors to this blog, I&#8217;m not always so long winded. Thanks especially for all the thoughtful comments, which, among other things, have demonstrated once and for all to my husband [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2954&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your dog was to be subjected to an aversive, would you rather it occurred randomly or control the timing yourself? I put this question to a rational positive-reinforcement trainer, who responded unhesitatingly that she would prefer to control the timing of the aversive, so as to minimize fallout, and in order to potentially create [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2312&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worthy Causes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having worked in somewhat seasonal industries most of my adult life, first as a carriage driver in downtown Chicago and currently as a kennel owner, I have to take deliberate steps to avoid seeing the holidays mainly in terms of projections, receipts, and staffing challenges. Along with reliably herding the family to midnight mass and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2620&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unworkable Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times published this article on bulldogs last week. Better late than never, as they say. They really can be charming dogs, I admit. I know a whole bunch and do adore a number of them. It is also an inarguable fact that they make some of the most freakishly cute puppies on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2581&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Designing Kennels with Google Sketch-Up</title>
		<link>http://ruthcrisler.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/designing-kennels-with-google-sketch-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruthcrisler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kennel design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sound idea]]></category>

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		<title>On the Same Page</title>
		<link>http://ruthcrisler.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/on-the-same-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruthcrisler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dog training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following pair of quotes hail from two very well known (and radically different) dog training books. I&#8217;m sure a number of readers will recognize one or both right away. 1. In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth. Man, a bit later, created the fable that &#8220;the dog, when he understands, always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2562&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oops</title>
		<link>http://ruthcrisler.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/oops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To those of you who either subscribe to this blog (thanks much, by the way), or happened to check it around 1:25AM this morning, I apologize for accidentally allowing my cursor to hover over the Publish button just long enough to inadvertently publish the half-written draft I was attempting to save before turning in. If [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2555&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Edge</title>
		<link>http://ruthcrisler.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/the-edge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New from Dogtra, whose electronic collars I use pretty exclusively. I&#8217;m frankly a little intimidated by the number of buttons. Like playing the accordion. But the locator light is a nice touch. I could use one of those on nearly everything I own, actually. Cutting edge (edge, get it?) features include: Interchangeable Rheostat and Selector [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2475&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>These Masons Aren&#8217;t Free</title>
		<link>http://ruthcrisler.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/these-masons-arent-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruthcrisler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was around three or four years ago that I realized kennel owners like myself were facing a serious supply problem in the realm of heavy-duty wire dog crates. The two companies we&#8217;d purchased from when we opened our current facility in 2003, MidWest and Preview, had both discontinued the sturdy silver wire models they&#8217;d [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2462&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adopt These Dogs</title>
		<link>http://ruthcrisler.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/adopt-these-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruthcrisler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arson, male (neutered) Rottweiler mix (?) Was found sniffing around our back gates early one Saturday morning last February. Has been socialized and trained. His canine social skills and natural attention to people are hard to beat. Gets along with all sizes and breeds. Probably between 18 and 24 months old. Handsome and healthy. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruthcrisler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12036324&amp;post=2360&amp;subd=ruthcrisler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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