The Mustard Game
"I wanna tell you sumpin’. . . you got a little mustard on yer face!" Today I'm sharing a game for keeping and building drive that I've played with every dog I've ever owned since the beginning of time. I call it "The [...]
"I wanna tell you sumpin’. . . you got a little mustard on yer face!" Today I'm sharing a game for keeping and building drive that I've played with every dog I've ever owned since the beginning of time. I call it "The [...]
Swagger jumping up by invitation. Initially, the title of this blog post was "how do I stop my dog jumping?" ... then I changed it to "how do I train my dog not to jump?" ... then I added "up" to the end. [...]
One of the most pressing questions for anyone who lives with a dog can be "how do I train my dog to come when called?". Often this is asked when there has been a recall collapse. It's also a question we see a lot in [...]
One of the most frequent questions we see is how to play with multiple dogs, or how to wait turns with your dog at training. I put together a series of six tips previously for Facebook and am now sharing them here for quick reference [...]
Last week I shared strategies to help become comfortable with videoing your dog training and reviewing video. It was a blog post that I hadn't planned on doing a follow up on, as the intention was just to help with ideas for you on how [...]
My mentor, the iconic Bob Bailey, once told me that he believes the most important advancement in the world of animal training during his illustrious career was the advancement of the simplicity of video. What do the words "video your training" mean for you? Are [...]
When you learn online, you can bring your dogs to school. I’ve shared many posts where I cover setting our dogs up for success, but it is super important that we set ourselves up for success too. We are always looking to do [...]
For the past week or so I've been trying something new. It's no secret that I love playing games with my dogs and I love seeing dogs learn through games. There's a lot of dog training information that I've wanted to share with you that [...]
Handling360 Video Contest Winners ~ Clarity, Confidence, Connection The results are in! Over the past week you have selected two stories from Round One, Round Two and Round Three to go the final round, and then voted for the two in the Grand Finale that [...]
Handling360 Video Contest Grand Finale ~ Clarity, Confidence, Connection The final round of our video contest is here! The top six dog agility stories as voted by you are now in the Grand Finale, competing for THREE winning spots. Our generous sponsors have donated prizes [...]
Handling360 Video Contest Round Three ~ Clarity, Confidence, Connection It’s the third semi-final round of our Handling360 video contest today. There are five great short video stories for you to watch and decide which two you would like to see go through to the Grand [...]
Handling360 Video Contest Round Two ~ Clarity, Confidence, Connection Today brings you the second round of our video contest. Thank you for your wonderfully supportive comments on the video stories in Round One and Round Three. If you haven’t had the chance to watch those [...]