No Leprechauns here!
Fun around the weekend here as there was a sun shower that left a beautiful double rainbow over head. I was out with my dogs and a sun shower suddenly popped up. As luck would have it, I had my camera with me so here [...]
“Thank God that Our Dogs Give Us Second Chances”
The title of my blog today was taken from a comment left yesterday. How amazing it is for us that our dogs will give us second chances and do it without judgement of our previous actions. Sure, if you have given them reason, your dog [...]
Can a Family Pet be a Great Agility Dog?
Well anyone of you that has been reading my blog for any length of time knows the answer to that question. Without a doubt, my great agility dogs all start out and end up being great family pets first and foremost. I was asked to [...]
Grad Skills Camp, a big success!
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 [...]
Can You Help?
Today's blog is not dog training related nor even dog related. I would like to relay an email I received from my sister in Vancouver on Wednesday morning. In the midst of supper on Tuesday evening my sister's oldest son received a phone call from his 16 [...]
When Clicking Goes Wrong
To follow up on yesterday’s post today I will describe some lulu screw ups caused by my disrespect of the power of the clicker. To quote Bob Bailey “What you click is what you get.” Now this sounds pretty simple but you really need to [...]
To Click or Not to Click, that is the Question
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! [...]
World Championship Wrap Up
I am sitting at the airport Monday morning waiting to board our plane back home. Our 2nd FCI Championship experience is over. I will post some of my runs later but unfortunately I haven’t been able to see my last run as it was accidentally [...]
Do the Brick Walls Get You?
Thanks to all of you for your candid comments when owning up to being shaped by your dog. Loads of funny stories that is for certain. Hopefully you will also consider how to make changes to your daily routine to prevent future issues with your [...]
FCI Worlds Championships Start Today!
To honour of all of my awesome teammates rockin' it at the FCI World Championships in Dornbirn, Austria this weekend I thought I would post this awesome video. Thanks Kim for sending it my way. Even if you aren't Canadian, I think you will find [...]
Who’s Shaping Me?
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 [...]
Who’s Shaping Who Two
DeCaff, as a puppy, practicing her training mechanics. Carrying on from yesterday’s post here are some more ways dogs have learned to shape their humans. Many dogs learn how effective hunger strikes can be when shaping a human. People can’t stand to watch [...]
