There are loads of games you can (and I do) use to teach and reinforce the come cue (aka Recall). Round Robin, Restrained Recall, Tag, The Stalky Stalk Game, Hide & Seek, Treat Toss, The Bowl Game, and more. But…
Delightful day of walks & training
It is unseasonably warm here today, quite lovely out really. Gorgeous enough to get my husband out on a walk in the woods with us! We crossed paths with a number of other folks out enjoying the woods today both…
Skill A Day: Day 22 & 23 Walks, Basset Hounds & Leave It Choices
Well, seems I managed to get a bit behind on posting of our Skill A Day. So here we go couple of days at once! Day 22 was Thursday. That morning we took a walk with a couple of friends…
Skill A Day: Day 5 Recall Review
Recalls or coming when called is a skill that needs constant maintenance. There are so many wonderful, distracting, awesome things in this world that could easily entice a dog to choose not to come when called. A tantalizing sniff, a…