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Why “Choice” is the Critical Key to a Great Dog
Many years ago I introduced a game that has changed the lives of many thousands of people and their dogs the world over. It’s the key building block to everything I teach in dog training. That game is ItsYerChoice (IYC). This is the game that will really shift your dog’s thought processes. Once you introduce […]
Continue readingDog Training in Agility: What We Do For Love
One of my online students challenged me recently. She is a highly successful agility competitor in the United States. She has been a student on Handling360 since the beginning. She said to me last week “why do you not stress the dog training part of your program? It is the main reason I follow what […]
Continue readingTurning the Impossible, into the POSSIBLE
Do ever you look at your current agility life and believe there are things that are just impossible for you and your dog? That your thinking isn’t being a “pessimist”, rather you are just being a “realist”. Do you believe there are limits on what you can achieve as a handler because of your current …
Continue readingPuppy Peaks Video Contest – Final Videos FACE OFF!
What a week it has been! Yesterday concluded our last day of voting for our Top 20 videos in the Puppy Peaks Video Contest, and today, the top 8 videos chosen over the last 4 days will FACE OFF for the Grand Prize! We received so many fabulous video entries during this contest, and I […]
Continue readingPuppy Peaks Video Contest Voting – Day 1!
Well let me start off by saying, “WOW!” Once again, the members of our wonderful community have managed to surprise me with your talent…not only as dog trainers, but as video makers as well! Over the last two weeks, we have been running our 1st Official Puppy Peaks Video Contest. Puppy Peaks is an online […]
Continue readingImprove Your Dog Training By Playing Like A Dog
Today, I feel like I am only barely scratching the surface on the topic of tugging :)). Why Does My Dog Need To Tug? You may be asking yourself why the heck is tugging so darned important anyway? Personally, I believe all dogs should learn how to tug with their owners, but performance dogs in […]
Continue readingIs it Time To Clear Out Some Baggage?
If you are a newsletter subscriber then earlier today you would have received a post on evaluating and working towards eliminating “baggage” in your relationship with your dog. All of our dogs carry around some form of baggage from living with and learning from us. This baggage is just artifacts of our dog training choices […]
Continue readingEffective Triggers and the Transfer of Value
If you have been reading my blog for a little while, you are aware of my constant emphasis on relationship building and a solid foundation before you work on the “sexy” stuff in dog training. Although I am thrilled when I see people working at transferring the value of their dog’s rewards into things like a […]
Continue readingDon’t Forget to Laugh!
There have been some great reports written on my last blogpost after the last newsletter. I am happy to see so many of you are starting to exam the triggers your dogs have have that prompt responses from you. I just want this to be clear; Susan Garrett’s dogs do posses triggers that will prompt her […]
Continue readingThe Possibilities in Dog Training
Recently I became involved in a discussion about dog training methodology with friends and members of the CAPPDT. I felt compelled to write this post, hopefully I did it without judgement. I know I have addressed this topic many times in the past but it certainly is worth more than one look. Do you know […]
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