Who really is shaping who here? That is what 9 week old DeCaff appeared to be asking. It is fascinating to me how this shaping stuff works. Here we have one animal (ideally you) providing reinforcement in order to get another animal (say [...]
As I have said in the past, it takes a lot to impress me from a dog training point of view. However, this act was way cool. I have seen many of the tricks before but is the animation of the dogs (and yes they [...]
Well, Encore and I leave on Sunday for the World Championships in Austria. I have chosen to drive to Montreal in order to get a direct flight for her. I really prefer when flying such a long distance that my dog has no plane transfer [...]
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 [...]
Since posting about potential injurious nature of some retreive games I have had many of you let me know you no longer will be playing the game of "Fetch-it" the same way you previously did with your dog. That is awesome. But now you have [...]
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 [...]
I am not a sci fi fan. I have never seen a single episode of Star Trek or Star Wars however I can still appreciate the humour in this clip. It is a crack up. Warning there are some "F-bombs" dropped so it may not [...]
Thanks to all of you for warm wishes for Encore and I at the World Championships at the end of this month. Yesterday Encore and I had a bit of a slower paced day as I prepared for camp starting today. I worked on some [...]
Technical problems yesterday I couldn't get this post to work. But here it is a day late! Today is September 2nd. That means only 16 days until the FCI world championships begin and only 11 days until Encore and I start our trip to Austria. [...]
Another puppy camp has been put to bed. What fun! It was all I thought it would be and more. Fun puppies and great students, I mean they really embraced the program. More energy by the last day on Sunday, then even the first day [...]
Today is first day of another puppy camp. I am extra excited since 19 of the 24 puppies are less than 6 month old. Little sponges at this age, really. It is amazing how much faster you can teach key dog training concepts when there [...]
