Something interesting happened after the post. We hosted a WCRL rally trial on August 23rd. Griffin is not allowed to be running yet so we did the Level 1 (on leash) class. I haven’t been training him on any of these skills because he’s not supposed to be moving very Read more…
This week we had a training group discussion about building enthusiasm and having it as part of your criteria for behaviors. I definitely intentionally do a lot of this. When Blaze was young, I was constantly trying to suppress his behaviors and enthusiasm, but I did learn to direct it Read more…
It’s so easy to end up working on multiple things at once. It’s hard to set criteria and stick to it. Here are a few examples from this week: 1. Sit AND Take Treats Gently: I saw this more than once. Dog owners want the behavior and the Read more…
Sometimes in class we adjust criteria for the dogs, but more often it’s for the people. In a recent class, we had a dog making amazing progress. He needed more challenge, there was no reason his part to stay at the current level. But his owner was very stressed, still Read more…