What fun this topic has been. Thanks to everyone for sharing your thoughts. Some have been hysterical! As far as performance in the ring goes, there have been some great male dogs and some great females all around the world in agility. I think generally [...]
Okay I knew once I wrote the "gold bullion comment" last week, that I would have to address my preference for selecting females over male puppies. Let me preface this by saying three of the rescue dogs I have taken, trained and re-homed over the [...]
I have been sent this video clip by many of you now so I have taken the hint and am posting it here to the blog. It really is about blending what you want with some imagination.Think about this in reference to dog training. Take [...]
When Susan asked me to write about what kind of structure to look for in performance puppies, I thought, sure but how do I give them the meaning of life in a few paragraphs? OK, that is a bit of an exaggeration but it is [...]
Okay, sometimes my blog is a bit frustrating. Yesterday was one of those days. I scheduled a post to come up tomorrow and (even thought the date read Oct 30th) it showed up yesterday (on the 28th). So that is why some of you may [...]
So I have heard from some of you that you are curious why I did not mention Encore in my two posts last week about how I picked my puppies. It was for no reason in particular other than brevity, just as there was no [...]
I can't believe how awesome it is to finally be in a real home, especially one we have waited so long to get into! Yesterday a few friends and relatives lent us a hand and we got everything into the house in 6 hours! I [...]
This is another great video clip for you with Conan O'Brien interviewing comedian Lewis CK. "Louie" is talking about how amazing life is right now and yet how "non contributing zeros" can still find something to complain about. Basically the clip is about gratitude and [...]
Some great comments following my post yesterday. I love when my own students don't agree with me! Not that I want a lot of arguments when I am teaching, but it is brilliant if you question opinion, that makes everyone better. If you push me [...]
Writing the post yesterday got me thinking about raising those two puppies. I realized I actually was also training a 3rd puppy at the same time. When I brought Speki home to train I actually already had a 6 month old Border Collie that was [...]
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 [...]
This is a positive reinforcement lesson and it is very funny. It was sent to me this week and I thought you all would enjoy it. Have a great weekend everyone! Sorry you have to go to youtube to watch it as for some reason [...]
