Wow, the response to the "Building the Team Fundraiser ebook" has been fantastic. Thanks to everyone who has bought so far. I don't think I mentioned this before but if you want to know "how does Susan Garrett train and handle" this ebook will give [...]
Its all going down at 12:01 AM tonight! The new "Building the Team Fundraiser ebook" is being unleashed to the world. Remember this is a digital ebook that you download so you will have it on your computer within minutes of buying it . . [...]
Okay, yesterday I left you with bit of a cliff hanger. Why not do your recall work dangling your dog's favorite toy as you run. Flyball trainers do it and their dogs run fast right? Two things about that, first of all, it is not [...]
There are many skills that separate a great handler from those that are still learning. I think one of the biggest differences lies in something that is very simple for anyone to do. If you could adopt this one tinsie weensie habit, your handling abilities [...]
I took last weekend and went through some old video tapes. Many of you that have read Shaping Success have been asking to see Buzzy perform when he was in his youth. I wasn't able to find the ones I wanted (where he won [...]
I have, from time to time, acknowledged the passing of a great agility dog on this blog. Last week I got the sad news that a friend's dog had lost her two year battle with cancer. Yes Maeve was a good agility dog, but she [...]
We have had great weather here the last few days. All the dogs are certainly enjoying it. I put together this little video of Buzz having fun now that he is feeling so much better. I can't stress enough to all of you with older [...]
Hey everyone guess what I found out. This blog has power. Since there is power in numbers it appears that people would like me to write about their products on my blog and in my newsletters. You see, since we have such a big following [...]
Reinforcement based training takes a hit when people on the outside see it fail. That is the truth with any systematic way of training. Critics use those that have little success as a warning sign of impeding doom to any that would attempt to train [...]
Following on from my blog post "Birds, Sheep, Rats and other Out of Control Rewards"... So why do I believe it is easier for me to get control of a dog when in the presence of their highest value rewards than it may be for [...]
Road trip this past weekend. John, myself & all the dogs packed into the RV. We drove convoy style with John & Lynda and their trailer Penny & Yvon and their fifth wheel rig all the way down to Virginia for a three day trial. [...]
Some great comments from yesterday's post. Here is the kicker though, not all dogs that are trained with positive punishment will cower in fear or tuck their tail oreven dislike training. The truth is, a very skill trainer that has brilliant timing can produce a [...]
