Recently I was asked to give my advise to a fellow blogger (a brilliant blogger btw) whose dog Gustavo gives her moments of joy sandwiched between ones of frustration. From what I can tell it is a stress related behaviour and until further advised with [...]
This is a question that keeps coming up with dogs learning the 2x2s for the first time but have had previous experience with weaving. Diagram 1 What often happens with these dogs is that, even though you may establish the Reward Line, when [...]
Okay, workshop today and since it is contacts and WEAVES I thought I would quickly answer a couple of the 2x2 questions that you guys have posted. Q. First of all what about those 24" spaced poles? Now that the AKC and the USDAA have [...]
For Buzz's entire life he has had the habit of sucking on stuffed animals and kneading like a kitten, while holding the toy in his front paws. I wrote about this peculiarity in my book "Shaping Success." When Feature was a wee baby she used [...]
Today being Christmas I wanted to sit down and wish everyone a blessed time. I recognize that not everyone is Christian and not everyone is celebrating on this exact day. My hope though, is that each of you has a higher Being you turn to for [...]
We all have those movies we love to watch at Christmas don't we? Being a hopeless romantic most of mine are centered around just that. So if you haven't got them, do not hesitate to run out and rent them right now! Better yet, click [...]
The Canadian Kennel Club has been sending a team to the FCI World Championships now for the past seven years now. Lori Pichurski, from Alberta, spearheaded the the Canadian effort by arranging and managing the team right from the beginning. This year the [...]
Okay, by now you guys know that I am a big Tony Robbins fan. I have been for years. I started listening to him back in my pharmaceutical sales days in the '80's. I am ashamed to admit I stopped getting his tapes when [...]
After the week with Tony Robbins I taught a small group of handlers for three days in the Phoenix area. It was not an advertised seminar, since I am supposed to be on hiatus from teaching seminars right now. So it was a [...]
Back with you after an amazing week spent with life strategist Anthony Robbins and his crew target at his Date with Destiny workshop. For me it was a blind date because I had no idea why I was going or what to expect. I spent thousands of dollars to be there and I turned down an opportunity to go the AKC Invitationals in order to participate in this workshop. I have no regrets, it was spectacular.
My brother said that line to me on the phone the other night, "each of us is somebody's weirdo." I don't think it was his own quote, but I thought it worth of passing along. I laughed both at how profound it was and how true. After all, who amongst us really is normal (other than yours truly of course:))?
This video was just sent to me and I know you will love it for so many reasons. It is about gratitude, it is about the love of dogs and it is about allowing your dog to communicate with you. Enjoy
