Sometimes it’s hard to find a routine – especially during a global pandemic. Of course, the weirdness of the situation is effecting our dogs, too. Dogs thrive on consistency. In that sense, they are “perfect soldiers.” So, when we’re all home …
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Managing “Neutral Reinforcement”
As the old saying goes, “that which is reinforced, is repeated.” The beauty of positive reinforcement in dog training is that it naturally bonds the dog to the handler, encourages learning and problem solving, and is fun for everyone involved. …
Engagement – Using Language
It’s often said around the dog training world when discussing verbal communication with dogs, “it doesn’t matter what you say, it’s how you say it.” There is some truth to the idea that our language is of no significance to …
Management: The Cornerstone to Happy Living with Dogs: Part 1
Image source: Flickr Proof that you’re not alone in the simultaneously funny and not-always-funny world of dogs is found on the rather popular website Dog Shaming and other sources inspired by the site. While the posts are usually quite funny, …
Lucid Dog Training in Lake Oswego Review and West Linn Tidings
A funny thing happens when your business gets busy. Sometimes you forget to blog… for 7 months. There’s no better way, however, to resuscitate a blog than to get to post about a fun news article starring you. As a …
Planning on seeing “Max” the movie? Read this.
At Lucid, we love and advocate for all dogs. With that, we particularly perk up whenever any of the dog world’s breeds or types of dogs are used for the purposes of entertainment, fashion, or advertising. Actions have consequences – …
Dog training lessons from Android
If you watched the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four / Finals, you hopefully saw the ad for Android called, “Friends Furever.” Via New York ad agency, Droga5, the ad is the latest in Android’s “be together. not the same.” campaign. …
Two Key Questions Every Dog Owner Must Ask
As dog trainers, we often meet our clients because their dogs repeat a behavior that is annoying and/or dangerous, and they’d like it to stop. “Our dog does X, so can you train her not to do that?” is a …
Pit Bulls in Portland
Recently, Fedor Zarkhin of The Oregonian and OregonLive set out to write a series of detailed articles that clearly outline the now 30-year-old dilemma in Portland, and elsewhere, around “Pit Bulls” (American Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, …
Plazm Farmhouse Ale at Trader Joe’s
Although Lucid Thoughts is a blog about dog training, we’d like to take a moment and praise a collaborative effort from innovators outside of the dog training world. One of the greatest perks about owning a small, community-oriented business is meeting interesting people that …
The Lucid Dog Training Brand Story
We get a lot of questions and compliments about our brand’s name and visual language, especially our logo. This makes us happy, as our brand is something we take very seriously since we know everything we do or say presents …