Yesterday we went to audit a half day sequencing seminar by Tori Self . She was wonderful with the people, great about working with where they were at and getting them to try more handling options to see if other things would work better. A few things she said that were Read more…
When Griffin was a puppy we worked hard on a “two on two off” behavior for agility. He learned to put his back feet up on an object and his front feet on the floor. We trained it with a cement block but he was soon offering the behavior on Read more…
We’re both happy for a chance to catch up on sleep and very sad that so many of our training friends have headed home after the seminar. We had 8 great days with many experienced dog people and so much enthusiasm for training. The event has been good for me Read more…
We’re attending a very long seminar with Guy Penning, an experienced clicker trainer from Belgium. Most of the attendees would like to compete in various dog sports and some of them are already competing. A quick summary of our learning: 1) Most of the problems are related to a poor Read more…
Last week I stopped at the used book store to get a few more copies of my favorite trick book to donate to a 4-H raffle. I ended up finding someone’s dog sport book collection and couldn’t -not- buy some of the books. I greatly respect Richard Curtis. He’s been Read more…
This weekend was the Ohio 4-H Dog Expo. This is a yearly event that has been going on for a long time. I remember attending as a 4-H’er with Blaze 9 or 10 years ago. It was the first day I ever saw him get tired enough that he chose Read more…
This weekend was another great seminar. Shade Whitesel from WA. She successfully does Schutzhund and very much likes well done obedience. I appreciate that! She was exceptional with the very different types of people and dogs and while not all teams could work on precise what they wanted to do, Read more…
When I was going through the final stages of getting my school paperwork processed, one academic advisor laughed and with the most sarcastic voice possible, “French! That’s something you’re going to use!” By that point, I’d already completed those credits and it had been a requirement to have foreign language, not Read more…
One of my favorite nights of class ever, I had two very enthusiastic classes working on basic skills with no serious problems causing distressed humans. We worked on really challenging recalls, walking, leave its. And somehow came up with really great excuses for poor behavior. The best was “His previous Read more…
This book was on clearance when I was purchasing something else. I’m really liking the short single-topic books that Dogwise has been putting out. It makes things more readable, it’s nice to get an indepth look at one specific topic. And I feel a lot better about saying “Go and Read more…