Helen King on Structure Evaluation
Posted on Friday, October 30th, 2009
When Susan asked me to write about what kind of structure to look for in performance puppies, I thought, sure but how do I give them the meaning of life in a few paragraphs? OK, [...]
continue readingOn Picking MY Puppy
Posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Okay, sometimes my blog is a bit frustrating. Yesterday was one of those days. I scheduled a post to come up tomorrow and (even thought the date read Oct 30th) it showed up yesterday (on [...]
continue readingPuppies You Just Hafta Have . . .
Posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
So I have heard from some of you that you are curious why I did not mention Encore in my two posts last week about how I picked my puppies. It was for no reason [...]
continue readingFirst night
Posted on Monday, October 26th, 2009
I can’t believe how awesome it is to finally be in a real home, especially one we have waited so long to get into! Yesterday a few friends and relatives lent us a hand and [...]
continue readingEverything IS Amazing and So Few People are Happy
Posted on Friday, October 23rd, 2009
This is another great video clip for you with Conan O’Brien interviewing comedian Lewis CK. ”Louie” is talking about how amazing life is right now and yet how “non contributing zeros” can still find something [...]
continue readingOr is it . . .
Posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Some great comments following my post yesterday. I love when my own students don’t agree with me! Not that I want a lot of arguments when I am teaching, but it is brilliant if you [...]
continue readingLove at First Sight . . . It is a Must!
Posted on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Writing the post yesterday got me thinking about raising those two puppies. I realized I actually was also training a 3rd puppy at the same time. When I brought Speki home to train I actually [...]
continue readingHead Games
Posted on Monday, October 19th, 2009
I love to play head games with my dogs and I know they love it to. I don’t mean this is a cruel way but rather in a challenging way. I teach something through shaping [...]
continue readingThe Power of Positive Reinforcement
Posted on Friday, October 16th, 2009
This is a positive reinforcement lesson and it is very funny. It was sent to me this week and I thought you all would enjoy it. Have a great weekend everyone! Sorry you have to [...]
continue readingWhat To Do, What To Do . . .
Posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Those words should never be uttered out of anyone’s mouth once we get this monster list of rolling. Don’t be shy there are no wrong answers. What do you do with your puppy? What skills [...]
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