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 his ‘chicken camps’ where people could learn great animal training Read more…
In early November we had our obedience seminar with Fanny Gott. Going into the seminar I was disappointed and frustrated – we had barely done any of our homework since last seeing her in the spring. Griffin had been on very restricted activity over the summer and we only ended up Read more…
As usual – we’re so busy! At the beginning of the month we had 8 days of obedience seminars with far away friends, local training friends, a few new people, and quite a few students who attended. It was great to do so much focused training. I felt very behind as Read more…
For the past almost-two-weeks we’ve had Fanny here for an obedience seminar. It was great, we had so much fun and I’m very happy with all the training I accomplished with Griffin. We had quite a few people who were able to attend most of the 10 days (a day Read more…
Long seminars are the best kind of training seminars. In 2-3 days you just barely get to understand the material, you maybe make a bit of progress, you start to get work done, and you start to get to know the presenter and attendees. Then everyone goes home. At longer Read more…
An important part of the seminar for me was that I have to be happy with “good enough” and not be quite as concerned about perfect. Apparently ‘perfect’ is unreasonable. But “good enough” doesn’t mean accepting poor behaviors or having lower standards of performance. We need the best quality of Read more…
Denise often referenced how important warm up time is before taking a dog into a competition ring. The type of warm up needed to get the dog mentally engaged needs to be appropriate for the dog, the handler, and the type of activity. Here are some of the notes I Read more…
Last weekend Denise Fenzi was in Ohio to present two days on “Drives and Motivation for All Sports” and one day of “Problem Solving.” I especially enjoyed all the obedience enthusiasts and all of the golden retrievers present! Denise is a great presenter, many of the attendees had attended multiple Read more…
Griffin has a really large family. Every few years some of them get together for a big family reunion/retriever training seminar. This year it was at a time and location that worked well for us. We’ve spent the weekend near Lansing, MI at the -beautiful- Omega Farms. The unfortunate part Read more…
The talk for tomorrow has the long and intriguing title of “Professional Secrets to Dog Training” but really… none of it is a secret. We have 50 minutes to present the talk to an over-filled room (65 attendees, more have called to ask if they can sneak in!) at Read more…