Lots of great lessons were discovered during my recent time out west. There is one lesson though, that I find myself repeating over and over again when I teach, and yet still I don't see the change in people's behaviour. You know the old saying [...]
Well Day 3 of Tweener camp yesterday was as awesome as Days 1 & 2. The highlights are numerous. One of the cool thing was the tug drive that has been created and maintained by students that have struggled with it in the past. I [...]
The first "wow" of the day has to go out to Bob Bailey who made it back home yesterday, less than a week after his open heart surgery! Bob is doing well, thank you to all for all of your prayers and positive thoughts. As [...]
Okay, I will put a freeze on the cow stories for a bit:). I was at a trial today, I was there for less than an hour but I did speak to a student, Clare. Clare doesn't live close by so we only see her [...]
Okay, to follow up on the shaping post, here is my, not-yet-completed list of things to shape. When I get it finished, I will post in on my website. If you would, please look over the list, alert me to any duplications you see and [...]
Well another one in the books. It was cold and snowy here the first day I arrived in Minnesota, well dah. It is Minnesota and it is February! A really well run trial. The girls from Omaha were up and I have to thank Brittney [...]
When Feature was a puppy I used to shape new behaviours with her all the time. One week I challenged myself to come up with a different, unrelated behaviour to shape each day for a week. That was fun. None of them were shaped to [...]
Group shot of Crate Games graduates. 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 [...]
Being sick sucks. I have been laid up for the last few days but today I think I have turned the corner (just in time, as I have a bunch of teaching coming up). This weekend there was a Chiropractic-Veterinary workshop at our place. That [...]
The trial I was at on Friday was a small one. There were two standard runs and in the second one, Feature was the only 26" dogs (video included below). However with this very small trial there where still 3 people (that I knew of) [...]
Here is a comment posted to yesterday's blog that I think is worth highlighting. It came in from Trish who asked: Wondering… as a handler that is ‘watched’ every time she competes - what pressure do you feel (externally or internally) to make each run [...]
I got a note from a student recently that was thrilled with her performance at a weekend trial, earning her first ever "double Q" in an AKC trial, the first step toward her MACH, gathering a boat load of mach points in the process as [...]
