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1. Reasons dogs yawn

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column - 9/14/08 By: Gail T. Fisher   A few weeks ago there was an article in the paper about a study done by a team of British psychologists demonstrating that human yawns are contagious to d...

09/09/2008 | 41 Hits | Print | Email

2. Rescued dog experience - a reader writes

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column - 5/11/08 By: Gail T. Fisher Two weeks ago I got a wonderful email from a reader. She so beautifully and succinctly recapped both sides of several recent important topics from her own very-rea...

06/05/2008 | 43 Hits | Print | Email

3. Rescuing Sprite - Book Review

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher   A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had the book Rescuing Sprite, by Mark Levin on my bedside table, and I would let you know my thoughts after reading it....

18/03/2008 | 39 Hits | Print | Email

4. Reader's dog offers "displacement behavior"

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. FisherA reader writes: Dear Gail, I read your column in today’s Sunday News and noticed that you invite questions. Mine is this: We have a nine-year old female black Labrad...

5. Rewards beat the heck out of corrections in training

I recently heard a client of ours with two dogs brings each of them to a different training school. They bring their “nice� dog to us, for the positive reinforcement training we do, and their “harder� dog to another school, where they use a c...

16/09/2007 | 21 Hits | Print | Email

6. Random Thoughts

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher Random thoughts: • When an elderly dog loses his hearing, he can’t hear thunderstorms. At least that’s what happened to Mayday. Of course the lighte...

29/07/2007 | 33 Hits | Print | Email

7. Reader's letter: Dogs need boundaries & training

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher   A reader writes: “Hi Gail, I am new to your column and find it to be very informative. I wondered if you have advice for what to do with my daughter’s 5...

29/10/2006 | 31 Hits | Print | Email

8. Random Thoughts

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher Random thoughts: The third time I gave up smoking was (so far) the one that took. It’s been over 20 years since I last smoked a cigarette – going cold tu...

20/08/2006 | 14 Hits | Print | Email

9. Revisiting our first clicker-trained dog

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher I’m in the process of rewriting my training manual for “crossover” trainers and dogs – those with prior training by a method other than clicker. T...

04/12/2005 | 17 Hits | Print | Email

10. Rescue success stories

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher Happy New Year! What a good time to acknowledge some happy beginnings. I’m not referring to starting a short-lived exercise program, or a short-lived diet. Those se...

02/01/2005 | 27 Hits | Print | Email