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Falling in the Pond

Posted on: October 17, 2019 Last updated on: October 17, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 6
Often when we look at or make plans for behavior modification with our dogs the focus is on management and gradual exposure to stressors that allow the dog to practice alternate coping skills below threshold working to change the dog’s…
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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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Buy In

Posted on: April 13, 2019 Last updated on: April 13, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Last night I taught an agility workshop, kicking off the start of agility lessons here. It was a nice small group of competitors preparing for this weekend’s trial. I had a lovely time with them all and we had good…
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How to Be Bored

Posted on: March 21, 2019 Last updated on: March 21, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 2
Often times life for dogs involves a fair amount of “hurry up and wait.” Waiting for meals to get prepared, walks to happen, car rides to end, owners to return home, balls to be thrown, for neighbors to stop chatting…
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More than One Way

Posted on: March 11, 2019 Last updated on: March 10, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 2
In any activity humans are passionate or invested in you’re going to get strong opinions. Expressions of the way things have, or should, or must be done. Dog agility is no different. Yet many, likely majority, of those expressions are…
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It’s in the Tone!

Posted on: February 25, 2019 Last updated on: February 25, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 2
“It has to do with your tone of voice! Dogs respond to the tone not the words!” How many times have you heard that in the past? I’ve heard it many times. Most often in reference to the way a…
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Alternative Agility equipment descriptions

Posted on: February 9, 2019 Last updated on: February 9, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Inspired by this awesome think outside the box exchange: “That waffle thing” Me, with confusion, “I have no idea what you are talking about…” “That waffle thing on the stand, there are two of them with a stick across…” A…
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Connection

Posted on: January 16, 2019 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Connection: the relationship of a person, thing or behavior to something or someone else. Connection is an all the rage buzz word in the current world of dog training.  In years past the word instead was “Attention”. Attention: the act…
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Where's the water dish?

Posted on: December 3, 2018 Last updated on: December 3, 2018 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
I’m a big fan of modifying environments so you don’t have to train the dog. Or more a big fan of modifying environments so you don’t have to train the dog on niggly bits of life that go against what…
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Think about the Dos

Posted on: September 10, 2018 Last updated on: September 10, 2018 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
When thinking or talking about a behavior your dog does that you want to change, do you think about the dos or the don’ts?  The things you do want your dog to do?  Or the things you don’t want your…
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