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 [...]
Birds, Sheep, Rats and other Out of Control Rewards
Last week during our discussion of training methodology several of you wrote in with the same concern (and I'm certain there where several more of you that sat in silent wonder in front of your computer screen). The question is, can you control your dog's [...]
A Notable Bookmark
Road trip this past weekend. John, myself & all the dogs packed into the RV. We drove convoy style with John & Lynda and their trailer Penny & Yvon and their fifth wheel rig all the way down to Virginia for a three day trial. [...]
Punishment: Pros and Cons
Some great comments from yesterday's post. Here is the kicker though, not all dogs that are trained with positive punishment will cower in fear or tuck their tail oreven dislike training. The truth is, a very skill trainer that has brilliant timing can produce a [...]
“There is a Better Way . . . Find it!”
Everyone who does it, can sight (what they feel is) a valid reason for using positive (often physical) punishment in their dog training. Many avenues of dog training still justify their choice of using physical punishment but claiming it is necessary. The truth is everyone [...]
My Latest New Habit
I have always been driven by the need to improve; myself, my dogs, my students, the world, whatever. Recent I have taken up a new habit which I would like to share because it has been a good one for me. On and off in [...]
A Very Deep Sleep and Other Random Thoughts
Home from Finland late yesterday. John and I went out for supper then I went to bed at 7:30 and didn't wake up until 5 AM. I think I needed the rest. Normally I am a very light sleeper, last night I don't remember John [...]
Creating a Learning Environment
It was hard to leave home again last Wednesday to head to my current teaching post in Finland, especially hard to leave Buzzy. Although he is much better I can’t help but feel the stress of me leaving may be contributing to his distress, but [...]
Pay Truth Forward
Okay since I wrote about asking John to lie to me yesterday I thought I would share with you information about a presenter I met at Tony Robbin's workshop in Orlando a few weeks ago. His name is Gary King. He had a unique presentation [...]
A Neccessary Untruth
So John and I have had this agreement when I go away to teach. It is that he will lie to me. I think it may be unfair to him, but he doesn't complain and luckily he has rarely had to lie. So the agreement [...]
Recovering from the Weekend
Another very worthwhile use of my time spending 4 1/2 dayslast week at a Tony Robbins workshop. This time I saw things from a different slant as I was crewing for him. One of over 300 people crewing for a group of over 3500 participants. The [...]
The Best Plans
Well, I was hoping not to leave the blog empty this week but wow, time flies. I did have time (with a great deal of help from Lynda) to get a couple of new workshops posted on the website. If you haven't checked yet, do [...]
