I’ve written a lot of blog posts about puppies, but I’ve never posted about a typical day for a puppy who lives with me, so that’s what we’re going to look at today. There are four puppies here right now, and one will be with [...]
Things have been a little weird around here since we welcomed Momentum's litter of four puppies. Weird in a good way, and I'm preoccupied with puppiness. Which might not be a word. There have been a lot of requests for photos, so today my blog [...]
Recently while preparing for a video shoot, I put together a list of some of my most pivotal lessons I have learned from each puppy I have raised and trained over my 27 years as a dog trainer. The experience of putting this list was [...]
I am pretty sure C.S. Lewis wasn't referring to dog training when he said of experience that although it was a "brutal teacher" you still do learn from it! However, truthfully that is how not only people but puppies learn. It is through interacting with the environment, [...]
Four years ago I went through an emotional roller coaster when I decided to breed Feature. It wasn’t just pulling her out of competition for months, or worrying about the potential health risks during a pregnancy or all of the work that goes into raising a singleton. It [...]
Happy new year one and all! I am so excited about 2014. Today I seem to be completely over my health issues from 2013 and we are anxiously looking forward to some very exciting projects for 2014. Later in January we will be opening our [...]
We just wrapped up another 4 days of camps here at Say Yes. Thursday & Friday it was Advances in Dog Training followed by Saturday and Sunday's Critical Elements for Sport and Life (formerly puppy camp so lots of puppies here but no longer restricted [...]
Following on from my blog post "Birds, Sheep, Rats and other Out of Control Rewards"... So why do I believe it is easier for me to get control of a dog when in the presence of their highest value rewards than it may be for [...]
I love to play head games with my dogs and I know they love it to. I don't mean this is a cruel way but rather in a challenging way. I teach something through shaping with lots of reinforcement. Let's say there are 10 critical elements to [...]
