4-H
Pet Expo
A few weeks ago Griffin and I helped the training center at a giant pet expo. We did 3 “show” a day in the main ring and then talked to pet owners about training for the rest of the day. Read more…
Blaze
Blaze’s Off Leash Rally Adventure.
A year ago Blaze finished his Level 1 (APDT) rally title. Last November he finished his Rally Novice (AKC) title. That left us with not much else he could do while on leash. We still could try UKC rally or Read more…
Uncategorized
Rally Trial
We helped to host an APDT/WCRL rally trial last weekend. It was a great experience and even though we were new to hosting a trial and most of our workers had never been to a rally trial before. It was Read more…
4-H
Making the Best Better : Foundation Skills Presentation
At the Ohio 4-H Volunteer/Teen Conference last weekend I helped with a few presentations and led one on “Foundation Skills.” I wrote about it a while back (and here). I was fairly happy with the end result. We talked Read more…
Dog Book
Dog Book: Practical Guide for Sporting and Working Dogs by Dominique Grandjean + more
Update from the future – this page gets a lot of views – what prompted you to search for this book? Send me an email – afmdog@gmail.com. I heard reference to this author being a good resource on nutrition and Read more…
Dog Book
Dog Book: Help for Your Fearful Dog by Nicole Wilde
This book has been on my table for a year now. It’s a giant book with chapters on everything from cars to noises to muzzle training. There are chapters on almost everything that a dog could be nervous about and Read more…
behavior
Blaze – 12 years
Blaze is now 12 and not too different from before. He’s a little slower, but still faster than me. He’s starting to loose his hearing and sometimes needs help getting into the car. But I still have to manage his Read more…
Training
Keeping Dogs Off of Furniture
This comes up regularly in class. Ultimately, many people decide to just let their pets up. If the concern was hair, they get washable covers. If the concern was injury for a small or older dog jumping on and Read more…
Adorable
Griffin in Field Training Class
Griffin and I are taking a Field Trial Foundations class and we’ve only done about 4 weeks so far. The first two lessons have been exactly what we need for obedience… relaxation and steadiness! There really aren’t many option for Read more…
Record Keeping
Dog Training Record Keeping – Part 2
Part 1 from last year. Some notes about the system I was using at the time. And another short post about computer and paper records. Training records can help a trainer monitor progress over time and be more efficient in training Read more…