Archive: October, 2009
Helen King on Structure Evaluation
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, that is a bit of an exaggeration but it is not something you learn in one blog entry. It has [...]
Read moreOn Picking MY Puppy
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 the 28th). So that is why some of you may have read a post that was there for a few [...]
Read morePuppies You Just Hafta Have . . .
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 in particular other than brevity, just as there was no reason why I didn’t mention how I selected my first [...]
Read moreFirst night
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 we got everything into the house in 6 hours! I seemed to remember it took days to pack it all [...]
Read moreEverything IS Amazing and So Few People are Happy
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 to complain about. Basically the clip is about gratitude and appreciating all that is good with the world we live [...]
Read moreOr is it . . .
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 question opinion, that makes everyone better. If you push me to explain myself you may expose a weakness in my [...]
Read moreLove at First Sight . . . It is a Must!
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 already had a 6 month old Border Collie that was in for training. In total I have brought in 5 [...]
Read moreHead Games
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 with lots of reinforcement. Let’s say there are 10 critical elements to understanding the skill, for example a nose target at the [...]
Read moreThe Power of Positive Reinforcement
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 go to youtube to watch it as for some reason I can’t embed it in this blog. But it is [...]
Read moreWhat To Do, What To Do . . .
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 do you teach your young dog. I don’t mean tricks (although if you have any tricks to add, check and [...]
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