LIVE WEBINAR: How to Increase the Speed Your Agility Dog Learns
The Say Yes Team has taken over Susan’s blog for a day, as we have news to share … great news, good news and some bad news. [Update November 04, 2018] Our free training series has ended now, but if you visit any link below you can register to be notified of any new upcoming […]
Continue readingDoes your dog have a CUE… or NO Clue?
As you may know, I have recently returned from the FCI Agility World Championships in Sweden. When travelling home, I decided I wanted to document my experience as a way of running a ‘clarity check’ for Momentum and me as an agility team. No matter what you have accomplished; it is always a good thing […]
Continue readingWhat’s a Reward for Your Dog? List of Reinforcers
I’ve been blogging about dog training, dog behaviour, dog agility and dogs in general, with a few diversions, for many years now …. far more years than I probably thought when I wrote my first ever blog post. Over the years the topic of reinforcement has featured in many of my posts. In 2009 I […]
Continue readingProtect Your Dog’s Confidence
You know, people think I’ve been really lucky with the dogs that I’ve owned, and the success each of those dogs has achieved, but the truth is I’ve worked really hard for a lot of years and over the course of time I’ve found that by creating systems for myself, it’s allowed me to consistently […]
Continue readingTOP Say Yes Training Reminders
A few weeks ago we shared my article on “How to Create a Motivating Toy” here on my blog to make it easily accessible. Today we have our top “Say Yes Training Reminders” for you. If you have been following my blog for some time many will be familiar. If you are new to our […]
Continue readingThree Different Types of Verbal Markers in Dog Training
Last week on my blog we looked at when to add a cue to the behaviours you are training with your dog. This week we look at three different types of verbal markers. What marker you choose and how you use it can help or hurt your dog training. The topic of cues and markers […]
Continue readingDog Training Question ~ When Do I Add a Cue?
So often people ask me: “When do I add a cue?” As a guide, when we can predict our dog will perform a behaviour, and we love the way he is performing that behaviour, we can put a cue on it. Crate Games is good to use as an example. We are shaping our dogs […]
Continue readingHow to Create a Motivating Toy
Below is an article that I wrote many years ago… it’s one that you may be familiar with and may have even shared with your dog training buddies or students. But, it has never been on my blog! So here we have it, the article that has helped so many dogs who were not ‘into’ […]
Continue readingIt’s Time to P-o-t-t-y! Inside Scoop on Housetraining
The topic of housetraining is one that comes up many times a day the world over when a new puppy or rescue dog joins a home. As it’s a question we see a lot, I thought I’d do a blog post with the inside scoop on potty training. There is a lot of information out […]
Continue readingVlog: Expectations vs Understanding in Dog Training
To call this thing we do “dog training” is a huge disservice to dogs. We are not “training” we are “educating” and just like with children, education starts in kindergarten and ascends onward from there only with understanding. The number one reason dogs get into trouble has to do with our expectations as owners compared […]
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