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		<title>Nylabone Health Warning &#8211; Plaque Attacker</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2011/05/nylabone-health-warning-plaque-attacker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 00:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recommend Nylabone products to my clients all the time. There are at least 10 of them lying around my house &#038; yard at any given time. I even recommend the Plaque Attacker line but rarely do I suggest the flexible kind unless it is a very small, young puppy which doesn&#8217;t have the jaw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enzo from Frasier passes away at 16</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2010/06/enzo-from-frasier-passes-away-at-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My heartfelt condolences go out to Mathilde (DeCagny) &#38; Michael Halberg on the loss of Enzo, their 16 year old Jack Russell Terrier.  Enzo&#8217;s father was Moose, who played Eddie for many years on the famed television sitcom Frasier.  Mathilde used Enzo to play Eddie for the last few years of the show after she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Hollywood Bans Puppy &amp; Kitten sales in pet stores</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2010/02/west-hollywood-bans-puppy-kitten-sales-in-pet-stores/</link>
		<comments>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2010/02/west-hollywood-bans-puppy-kitten-sales-in-pet-stores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This LA Times article has a poll going as well, so please vote to let people know that selling puppies &#38; kittens from puppy mills, which is where pet store animals come from, is not ok!  This is a small step towards making people aware of the issue, but hopefully if more people vote &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So What if My Dog&#8217;s Overweight?</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/08/so-what-if-my-dogs-overweight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[does my dog need to lose weight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Killing with Kindness I saw this article yesterday and just and to write something about it since obese animals are one of my biggest pet peeves.  This is a great article and covers a lot of things regarding obesity in pets, so please read it as well.  Plus, the site in general has a ton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pet Stores and Puppy Mills</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/08/pet-stores-and-puppy-mills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a client from a few years ago who is a very nice woman and is now a friend.  She hired me when she got a cocker spaniel/poodle mix from a local pet store.  I refuse to call it a breed,  because it isn&#8217;t, it&#8217;s a mix.  I have absolutely no issue with mixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canine Disarming &#8211; what the&#8230;&#8230;heck??</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/07/canine-disarming-what-the-heck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re envisioning a program where we trade dog biscuits to dogs in exchange for their AK-47s and the like.  Well that&#8217;s not the case here.  Canine disarming is about cutting down the canine teeth of a biting dog so he can&#8217;t do (as much) damage. Now, you may think this is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Case for Classical Conditioning</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/07/a-case-for-classical-conditioning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I know this is the Dog Blog, but remember that article I wrote about using positive reinforcement to deal with aggression?  Well, obviously the scenario in it was hypothetical (the part about the snakes).  That&#8217;s not to say that it won&#8217;t work, because it definitely would.  However, since it was hypothetical I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rough Dog Play</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/06/rough-dog-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an article I wrote for &#8220;The Chronicle of the Dog&#8221; last year.  It&#8217;s about a young, large breed dog who was playing very roughly, and turning aggressive,  with another dog in the household.  This is how we fixed it.  As an update, the two are playing great together and the larger, younger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9/11 Hero dog cloned</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/06/911-hero-dog-cloned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/06/911-hero-dog-cloned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clones of 9/11 hero dog unveiled in Los Angeles A former Canadian police officer&#8217;s dog named Trakr won a competition to find the World&#8217;s most cloneworthy dog.  It was called the &#8220;Golden Clone Giveaway&#8221;.   Trakr died in  April of this year, but his lineage lives on in these 5 pups. Clones Unveiled I find it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I cried yesterday&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/06/i-cried-yesterday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just over 3 weeks ago I found my neighbor trying to catch a loose dog in our culdesac.  The dog was a Terrier mix, about 25#, had no collar and was limping.  After about 20 minutes of almost catching him and trying our best to prevent him from leaving the culdesac, using another dog to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use of Positive Reinforcement in Dealing with Aggression</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/06/use-of-positive-reinforcement-in-dealing-with-aggression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/06/use-of-positive-reinforcement-in-dealing-with-aggression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted By Los Angeles Dog Trainer As a dog trainer I deal with many behavior problems. Aggression is one of the most common reasons I get called to someone&#8217;s home, whether it is aggression directed towards a person or another animal (usually other dogs). In my 20 years experience as a dog trainer I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adolescent Dog Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.petdogtrainer.com/blog/2009/06/adolescent-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bourhenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted By Los Angeles Dog Trainer Today I spent my first appointment walking with a client&#8217;s dog and dog walker.  The dog is a 7 mo. old, male Australian Shepherd.  The dog walker has been having trouble with him jumping up &#38; nipping at her for the first 1/2 hr of the walk, the second [...]]]></description>
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