Weird eh?Why on earth would anyone who has no interest in dog agility want to know anything about how to train agility contact obstacles? To explain the reason let me share a story with you. Years ago John (my husband) used to travel to, and [...]
Today, I feel like I am only barely scratching the surface on the topic of tugging :)). Why Does My Dog Need To Tug? You may be asking yourself why the heck is tugging so darned important anyway? Personally, I believe all dogs should learn [...]
This week we are focusing on how to inject more joy into our dog training. I believe that all dogs start off with an innate joy to be around us. Our choices as dog trainers can either help to develop that joy, turning it into [...]
If you are a newsletter subscriber then earlier today you would have received a post on evaluating and working towards eliminating "baggage" in your relationship with your dog. All of our dogs carry around some form of baggage from living with and learning from us. [...]
John walking with the girls but who are the girls walking with? Where are you mom? While many of you are putting your life with your dogs under a microscope after my last two newsletters, I fear some of you may be [...]
Swagger "working it" with his toy while I pound away at my computer today. There have been some great reports written on my last blogpost after the last newsletter. I am happy to see so many of you are starting to exam the triggers [...]
There were some great comments on my tugging post yesterday as to why you thought long duration tugs had the potential for more focus for the environment while short bursts of tug games alternating with other responses created great attention for the handler. You pretty [...]
Tugging is a big part of my dog training, I hope it is also a big part of yours. It is a great reinforcer for most dogs. For those dogs that are not currently big fans of tugging, it is a skill that be cultivated [...]
I first posted this letter and video in one of my webinars last week. Since then I have received private emails and one on Facebook asking to see it again. Funny, at first I didn't know if I should even share it wondering if it would [...]
Okay, I know I haven't written in a while. Crazy busy around here again. But at 2 AM the coyotes outside our bedroom window told me I should write a blog so here I am. I have mentioned in the past that I am a [...]
Recently I became involved in a discussion about dog training methodology with friends and members of the CAPPDT. I felt compelled to write this post, hopefully I did it without judgement. I know I have addressed this topic many times in the past but it [...]
To follow up with some of the comments from my webinar I would like to share this one from Darlene who took a great deal of time to share her perspective. Thanks Darlene I do appreciate you sharing your viewpoint. Here is what Darlene posted [...]
