Category: Dog Training: Skills
IFCS 16″ World Champion . . . Couldn’t Have Happened to a Nicer Person!
I asked Lynda to put together a brief video walkthrough of her World Championship weekend. It is almost as good as being there. Lynda is not your typical “big name” agility guru although she has now earned a spot on to 2 IFCS and 2 FCI World Teams with two different dogs. She doesn’t have [...]
Read moreIFCS 2012 Weekend Recap
Well another IFCS World Championships has come and gone. This one a bit different in that it was right here in North America. Unfortunately for me, a week before the event, I threw my back out and was unsure if I would even be able to compete! I missed both days of our team practice [...]
Read moreShould You Run or Stop Your Agility Dog’s Contacts?
Running Contacts Are They For You? Do all handlers need to train their dog’s do do a running contact? I would think not. There are some people that are just not fast enough to handle a dog with running contacts; the solution is of course to train both. Any of you signed up for my [...]
Read moreCan’t Different Just Be More?
My entire life I have been driven by this great quote by Zig Ziglar; “You can get everything you want in life, if you can just help enough other people get what they want.” My goal in life, for as long as I can remember, has been to help people. Back when I was young [...]
Read moreWhat Does Three Years Between Practicing Contacts Give You?
Well today we opened registration for my latest on line course “Say Yes to Contact Success.” It has been two years in the planning; how to make sure we get great results for the students without overwhelming anyone with too much “stuff.” Well yes there is a lot of stuff, but I have vision of [...]
Read moreContact Training For Those With No Interest in Dog Agility
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 help me out at many of my seminars (he [...]
Read moreImprove Your Dog Training By Playing Like A Dog
I sent out a newsletter early this morning which covers all sorts of tips on tugging with your dog. As lengthy as that newsletter ended up being, I fear I only scraped the surface of what could be written on the subject. So, here I am sharing more (but again, I still feel I am [...]
Read moreDoes Your Dog Training Need a Shot of Joy?
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 a focus for us and for work, or our choices [...]
Read moreIs it Time To Clear Out Some Baggage?
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 dogs our carry around some form of baggage from living with and learning from us. This baggage is just artifacts of our dog training choices [...]
Read moreA Lack of Rules and Drive in Dog Training
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 drawing the wrong conclusions. As you observe your dogs’ source of reinforcement and joy you are observing that perhaps your spouses seem to be more reinforcing to your dogs [...]
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