Isn’t it funny how all of these posts on dogs shaping people have ended up having picture of a terrier with them. And not coincidentally many of your comments are about Jack Russell Terriers! Hmm, yes indeed Terriers are just masterful at shaping their people. It is because they are so brilliant and have a tenacity that [...]
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Carrying on from yesterday’s post here are some more ways dogs have learned to shape their humans. Many dogs learn how effective hunger strikes can be when shaping a human. People can’t stand to watch a dog miss a meal. The moment a dog turns up his nose to his routine breakfast 9 times out [...]
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It is fascinating to me how this shaping stuff works. Here we have one animal (ideally you) providing reinforcement in order to get another animal (say your dog) to do what you want him to do. Shaping really works. Why? Because reinforcement builds behaviour. But what I have come to notice that there is more [...]
Read moreAs I have said in the past, it takes a lot to impress me from a dog training point of view. However this act was way cool. I have seen many of the tricks before but is the animation of the dogs (and yes they are all poodles) that I just love. It is well [...]
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Well, Encore and I leave on Sunday for the World Championships in Austria. I have chosen to drive to Montreal in order to get a direct flight for her. I really prefer when flying such a long distance that my dog has no plane transfer to endure (especially if it is in a city that [...]
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Yesterday I wrote a post for a clicker list in response to a question to helping out-of-control dogs. I decided this post needed to be shared with all of you that may not be on that list because it is highlits tons of resources to help anyone create harmony with their high drive dog. Out [...]
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Since posting about potential injurious nature of some retreive games I have had many of you let me know you no longer will be playing the game of “Fetch-it” the same way you previously did with your dog. That is awesome. But now you have no use for those long handled ball launching devises (I [...]
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We had another great group in for skills camp this weekend. Lots of pivotal break throughs for many campers. We had some extremely experienced students and some brand new ones but all really nice people, so it makes teaching almost effortless. My staff were as always, brilliant. At one point during a discussion on building [...]
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Over the past couple of weeks I have had a few questions come in about my contacts, so here are some answers for you all 1) My “Swing ” cue means “turn away from me” it does not necessarily mean turn left. As a matter of fact if you review the video from the post [...]
Read moreI am not a sci fi fan. I have never seen a single episode of Star Trek or Star Wars however I can still appreciate the humour in this clip. It is a crack up. Warning there are some “F-bombs” dropped so it may not be suitable to listen to with the speakers turned up [...]
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