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Walk the Plank

Posted on: July 18, 2020 Last updated on: July 18, 2020 Written by: Katrin Comments: 4
As Tom is getting up there in years, I’ve been considering a ramp of some sorts for our car. He’s still well able to jump in and out of the backseat where he usually rides, but seeing as he’ll be…
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Lead Outs

Posted on: May 19, 2019 Last updated on: May 19, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
In dog agility most folks are familiar with the concept of a lead out.  For those uninitiated, a lead out refers to the stay that you ask your dog to do at the beginning of the course, before the 1st…
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Get Earth Friendly with Your Dog!

Posted on: April 22, 2019 Last updated on: April 22, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 3
It’s Earth day and seems an opportune time to bring up a subject I love chatting with people about: eco or carbon footprints. Footprints are something left behind after you’ve traveled through. So an eco footprint refers to the impact…
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Teaching Dogs ‘The Basics’

Posted on: February 18, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
The other day during a lesson with a long time client who has a new puppy she asked me, so when do we start teaching The Basics and how long will they take? I looked at her blankly. The Basics?…
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Defining House Broken

Posted on: November 26, 2017 Last updated on: November 26, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Over the years I’ve worked with many many clients on toileting concerns.  Many with puppies, and many with adult dogs.  Some who have been toileting in undesired places for years, some that just began the behavior. Absolutely there is the…
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Rear Foot Target to Teach Stand & Back Up

Posted on: November 7, 2017 Last updated on: November 7, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Back up is something I’ve incompletely taught Zora to do over the years.  And I’ve taught her a moving stand, but not how to move from a sit or a down into a stand. She has excellent body awareness and…
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Treadle Duck Feeder

Posted on: August 7, 2016 Last updated on: August 7, 2016 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
My usual duck routine involves daily measuring out their food ration, same as I do for the dogs.  Every evening I measure out the duck kibbles and that’s what they get for the next 24 hours.  It’s a schedule and…
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