Relationship Truce
Wow, am I ever excited. It is going to be a tough week because I have a ton of stuff I want to share with all of you BUT on top of that, I have Greg and Laura Derrett here this week, so I will [...]
Hitting A Nerve . . .
Recently, after teaching for three weeks on the road, I wrote this statement on my facebook status . . . "There is nothing more important that teaching your dog a reliable recall, nothing . . . it is the foundation of all brilliance and it [...]
Perfecting Your Rear
We worked rear crosses at my Masters handling workshop today near Vancouver, BC. Many people will fall back on rear crosses with their agility dog as they see front crosses as more complicated with more things to think about. The truth is, rear cross execution [...]
Defining Success
This past weekend I ran at our Ontario Provincial (Regional) Championships. My girls both did pretty well. Between Encore and Feature they won both Standard classes and both Gamblers classes. We got around Jumpers but sadly had bars in both rounds. In the end Feature [...]
Does this Mean 2×2 Training Doesn’t Work?
At the recent IFCS World Championships in England Encore really struggled with her weave entries. Believe it or not I actually had people come up to me telling me they where concerned as they just bought my 2x2 Weave Training DVD and wondered if I [...]
STRESSED! It is More Than Just Desserts Spelled Backwards
Following up on last week's post on stressing. First let me explain a bit further about what I mean about "anchoring". Basically it is a classically conditioned response. Here is something I do to give myself a "good anchor". Anytime I have a massage or [...]
The Golden Rule of Handling
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 [...]
A Pictorial Glimpse at the Critical Elements of Say Yes!
Well we have launched! Two weekends ago we unrolled the first "Flatwork Secrets" & "Blueprint for Handling Success." This past weekend it was "Advances in Dog Training" and "Critical Elements." I like the way things piece together and although it always seems I have more [...]
Who Drives Your Bus?
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 [...]
Shaping Fun
Hey some excellent ideas rolling in to try and shape. I don't know about shaping the Shar Pei to snore doing her waking hours thought. There could be some physiological stasis that needs to be present before she is even able to snore. I don't [...]
Shaping Challenge
Okay, it is mid winter (for some, okay hard to imagine it as winter here in Florida). Here is a challenge for you all. Sometime before the weekend (that is two days) shape your dog to do something new. Come up with something [...]
Second Dog Syndrome
I was talking recent to some friends about a phenomena I have observed in the dog world I like to describe as "The Second Dog Syndrome." I thought I would offer a bit of advise on how to avoid it. First what is it. One [...]
