Successes All Around
Moving into our last day of Critical Elements camp, I am a little sad to see it all end. It is so much fun being a student and we have such a great group of students -- we are all accomplishing a ton. Of the [...]
Moving into our last day of Critical Elements camp, I am a little sad to see it all end. It is so much fun being a student and we have such a great group of students -- we are all accomplishing a ton. Of the [...]
Very exciting day. Tomorrow 4 1/2 month old Swagger and his cousin Raven start their first ever "Advances in Dog Training" and "Critical Elements course (formerly known as puppy camp). I am certain neither puppy will have any issue with the skills required (we both [...]
As I have been travelling around North American over the past two weeks, my now 19 week old puppy has gotten lots of great experiences. First he travelled with Lynda and I on an 18 hour car trip down to Perry Georgia. He was a [...]
It was the Dalia Lama that suggested "When you lose don't lose the lesson." So with every disappointment I am faced with in my life I search for a lesson. Some are more obvious then others but I find they are always there. In today's [...]
Today I will go over some of my rounds at the WAO. Sadly for Encore all of my clean runs were with Feature -- that is no reflection on Encore whatsoever! The first run for Feature was Individual agility -- the first run in the [...]
Well a week has past since our return from WAO in Britain but we jumped right into 6 days with Susan Salo (pardon my little pun). More on SS later. First I thought I would comment on WAO. I thought it was a well run [...]
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It has been a very busy time for us here at Say Yes over the past 7 days! It started with Adrian Rooyakkers coming to give an awesome three day handling workshop. The focus was on running European style courses aimed at helping those of [...]
Thank you so much to all of you blog readers for the awesome comments you leave on this blog. Thank you for joining me in celebrating our love for dogs by having positive dialogues that recognize how humour plays a role in engaging conversations. You [...]
So I have a very naughty 11 week old puppy. Below is the video evidence to prove it. I thought this would be an ideal time to talk about my Ruff Love program. When Ruff Love was first released more than 10 years ago it [...]
Okay this is one of the best video clips I have seen in a very long time. The beginning is hilarious but it comes with a very important message. Those of you that think your dog "knows when he is wrong" needs to watch. Brought [...]
What word do you believe is synonymous with the word criteria? I want you to pause for a moment right now and think of the first word that pops into your mind when you think of the word “criteria." Don’t read on until you have that [...]