Viktor
Viktor – 7? Months
If we count in months he’s not yet 7 months, but if we count in weeks he may be a bit older. Viktor still a very, very small dog. He’s only around 35 pounds -male goldens on average are 55lbs Read more…
Griffin
Stationing/Taking Turns
We were re-inspired to practice waiting patiently. All of my dogs are very impatient about waiting for their training turns. When we’re at the big training facility I leave them in an office up front and in the last year Read more…
4-H
4 Reasons Youth Dog Training Should Be Positive Reinforcement
I was at a 4-H event last month and got to meet lots of 4-H dog project families from all over the state – even some from my area. Viktor did great during his short visits inside – lots of Read more…
Clicker Training
Book: Retrieving for All Occasions
I heard about Retrieving for All Occasions over a year ago – and that it would eventually be available in English. I held off on buying it, knowing that I would reference and use an English version more than a Swedish Read more…
Stimulus Control
A Stimulus Control Training Session
Stimulus Control is an important part of training – we want our dogs to understand when to do specific behaviors. This can be part of having reliable responses and is especially important for some types of competition training. A short Read more…
Seminar
Bob Bailey/Parvene Farhoody Seminar
I’ve been waiting – years- for the opportunity to see Bob Bailey speak (click her for an article about him!). I’ve been endlessly fascinated by him ever since Blaze was a puppy and I first heard about Bob Bailey and Read more…
Puppy
Viktor – 24 Weeks!
Viktor has officially outgrown his puppy harness. We went from an extra small up to a medium. I’ll have to write about the harness separately – the Ruffwear Front Range Harness. The part around his neck never actually ended up Read more…
Griffin
Griffin’s First Obedience Match
Griffin and I are working towards competition obedience. We did our first match (practice trial) at an obedience club last night. If I had planned a little better, I would have entered Viktor too! Griffin and I missed the deadline Read more…
Agility
Griffin’s Best Agility Lesson
Griffin had his best lesson ever last Monday! I wasn’t sure if it was going to happen due to a and watching a live stream of our instructor competing out of state the day before… but we had an Read more…
Puppy
22 Weeks Old!
We’ve had a busy few weeks. We went on our second long trip together – all the dogs went to Minnesota with me. Viktor was great. It was not surprising, but so nice- quiet in the car, happy to get Read more…