At vet conference, during one of Ken’s talks, there was a bit of a talk on recalls. He showed videos of the dogs in his “Pet Training the Shedd Way” show. They had great recalls, their buzzer sounded and the dog would careen around the facility in search of the Read more…
I’ve just had two days of Kathy Sdao talks at a vet conference. And wow! I’ve only previously been to two of her lectures at ClickerExpo. It was a great experience, not only does she have a ton to say, not only is she super experienced, but she was extremely Read more…
I’ll admit…we’ve put this off with my agility students. The dogwalk we have is not adjustable. We’re not yet in a situation where it’s an option to purchase or make an adjustable dogwalk. The instructors have come up with a few ways to transition dogs to the full height dogwalk. Read more…
I had morning lessons and only made it to the afternoon session. It was SO worth it Debbie Gross Saunders was speaking about Warm Ups, Cool Downs, and Stretches. A lot of the information I already knew from reading books and articles. It had been overwhelming to know exactly what Read more…
It was a tropical 50* today. And with our inch of snow melting, everything was very, very muddy. I took Blaze and Luna to go biking, one at a time. The bikejor tugline was nowhere to be found (maybe in the still-being-repaired-new-used-van-that-I-haven’t-seen-in-months?). We took Blaze for about 10 minutes of Read more…
Isn’t he cute? We’ve not done weaving in about a month. I reinforced the first response for his effort and then he had almost all correct responses. We ended on about a dozen reps with turns from a jump. I was surprised at how well he did.
This is a companion to “He would be a great agility dog.“ I hear this a lot from students, potential students, and various online sources. Sure, we know that people who work are happier. But are dogs the same as people? My dogs love to do training and various activities. Read more…
I read this book by Kathryn Miles last month. It’s one of the many “books about someone and his/her dog and the adventures of being a dog owner.” But it’s different in a few ways, and it was nice to have a variation on that somewhat repetitive theme. Miles writes Read more…
I work with pet owners every week. Some are more successful than others at getting polite walking. What makes teams unsuccessful? • They don’t practice at all. They’re not typically surprised that the dogs show little/no improvement, but half still do expect to see improvement. • They don’t practice correctly. Read more…