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Behind The Scenes At Shedd…. Positive Dog Training Parallels
This past weekend I was in Chicago for business meetings… and happened to arrive a day early. What to do? If you have an interest in animal training, you might immediately think of Shedd Aquarium when you hear “Chicago”… so that is where we went! Thanks to the wonderful Shelley Wood, we were able to […]
Continue readingPositive Dog Training and the Difference in Shaping
Last week we looked at luring vs shaping, so it’s only fair that this week we are looking at shaping vs shaping. Recently in one of our Inner Circle coaching calls, we were discussing shaping, successive approximations, and the role of failure in dog training (we may geek out a bit on dog training in […]
Continue readingWhat’s a Reward for Your Dog? List of Reinforcers
I’ve been blogging about dog training, dog behaviour, dog agility and dogs in general, with a few diversions, for many years now …. far more years than I probably thought when I wrote my first ever blog post. Over the years the topic of reinforcement has featured in many of my posts. In 2009 I […]
Continue readingWhy “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 […]
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