Tag: foundation training

How Good Is Your Glue?

Posted on 03/08/12 134 Comments

What’s Missing In Our Foundation Dog Training ? The laws of science have taught us all how to use reinforcement to shape our dogs’ responses. As we train a dog we are actually building behaviour, like a little girl with her glue gun making crafts or . . . if you were a little girl with [...]

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Getting Close!

Posted on 06/23/11 22 Comments

Okay today is the day. My first ever no charge live webinar. I know we are just about at capacity in the 8:30 pm call so if you are interested in hearing about the Say Yes foundation program please don’t sit on this because I will not be making this webinar available for public …

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Is Good Dog Training Static or Dynamic?

Posted on 01/26/11 28 Comments

We just wrapped up four days of puppy and young dog training. It started with our two day Advances in Dog Training (AiDT) and then rolled right into Critical Elements (the camp formerly known as puppy camp:)). As of January 2010 we now been honouring a policy that allows anyone that has attended AiDT once [...]

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Crate Games, it is not just for breakfast anymore.

Posted on 02/16/09 20 Comments More distraction work through crate games.

I had small workshop here yesterday with 9, mostly adolescent dogs, and their handlers. It went quite well with a few “aah ha” moments and the odd “oh my” thrown in to balance things out.  We started the day with some grids and body awareness exercises and then finished up the afternoon with some handling [...]

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Last Day of Skill Camp

Posted on 12/08/08 6 Comments Stephanie and Skye work directional foundation.

For the last five days we have had a keen group of campers in for Skills Camp.  This camp is much like puppy camp but in more detail.  We can not expect young puppies to work for 5 days like these olders ones, so puppy camp is only 3 days.  Even for the older dog, [...]

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