I love to play head games with my dogs and I know they love it to. I don't mean this is a cruel way but rather in a challenging way. I teach something through shaping with lots of reinforcement. Let's say there are 10 critical elements to [...]
Those words should never be uttered out of anyone's mouth once we get this monster list of rolling. Don't be shy there are no wrong answers. What do you do with your puppy? What skills do you teach your young dog. I don't mean tricks [...]
Feature playing sit-stay games with distractions at 18 weeks of age. To follow up on a post from last week, I want to clear up any misunderstandings, I am not suggesting you wait until your dog is three or four years old [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Canadians! Well, the trial in Memphis was a success but a very wet, muddy and a bit cold one (the weather, not the people). The people in Memphis were very hospitable, Lynda and I had a lot of [...]
Last night Lynda (my friend and one our very capable Say Yes instructors) and I were on our way to a trial in Memphis, Tn. While driving, we had a discussion that made me think about a few tales I have been told recently (I [...]
First of all a very special thanks to all of you who demonstrated your generosity by donating to the Valencia children in Vancouver (please see Friday's blog post). No this was not a scam, no my blog had not been hi-jacked, yes this is a [...]
The precision of a clicker was needed when teaching Twister how to "pray." One of the things I am asked about by newcomers to our program is why we do not use a clicker very much. After-all, my website is www.clickerdogs.com you know! [...]
Twister (1992-2008) working her chair routine Isn't it funny how all of these posts on dogs shaping people have ended up having picture of a terrier with them. And not coincidentally many of your comments are about Jack Russell Terriers! Hmm, yes indeed terriers [...]
13 years ago, eyes told it all about then 7 week old Buzzy. Yesterday I wrote a post for a clicker list in response to a question to helping out-of-control dogs. I decided this post needed to be shared with all of you [...]
We had another great group in for skills camp this weekend. Lots of pivotal break throughs for many campers. We had some extremely experienced students and some brand new ones but all really nice people, so it makes teaching almost effortless. My staff were as [...]
Over the past couple of weeks I have had a few questions come in about my contacts, so here are some answers for you all 1) My "Swing " cue means "turn away from me" it does not necessarily mean turn left. As a matter [...]
Okay my intention was to do a quick video and post this little clip with the rest of my exercise thoughts today. However, even though I have a ton of stuff to do, I got carried away with the editing and the entire project took [...]
