This past weekend we entered a new mid-winter NADAC trial here. Usually we have a break from agility competitions from either Oct to late March/early April, or New Years to late March/early April. It was nice to get a chance…
New Videos
The dogs and I have been hard at work on some Training Tips videos! Head on over to my YouTube page under the Dog Training & Behavior Playlist. Let me know what you think! Here’s one to wet your whistle:
Bonus Box High. They are Addictive!
NADAC trial recap for the weekend. It was awesome!!! I’m over the moon, on cloud 9, still happy dance big grin, etc. It was my clubs annual spring trial, so I worked and helped out more than I usually do…
Timing of Discrimination Cues in Agility
A new to me student and I have been breaking down the challenges she’s had consistently with her dogs surrounding discriminations on the agility course. A discrimination in dog agility is where 2 obstacles are placed rather close together and…
Afternoon Fetch
It has been damp and intermittently raining all day. The Tuesday Crew & I got our usual morning walk in, then went inside for a few hours to de-mud and dry off. The weather cleared up a bit just now…
Ducks Being Difficult
The ducks were rather reluctant to return to the safety of their overnight pen this afternoon. Zora and I had our work cut out for us. We haven’t worked the ducks in over a month, and Zora was being pushy…
Broccoli Bones
My dogs make me laugh. Every. Single. Day. Tom loves his greens. Zora says, “Yup, broccoli is still gross!” This was actually the first time she ate it. All previous times I’ve given it to her, she took one nibble…
Teaching "On Your Place"
Lately I’ve been working on a little video project. In the process of it and having others review it, I’ve once again realized the environment conducive to me functioning isn’t one conducive to other things, such as video camera friendly…
House Breaking an Adult Dog
This week I’ve been charged with an 11m old papillon, who happens to not be house broken. To the tune of on average 4-5 accidents in his owner’s home per day. Over the course of this week, he’s getting a…
Corgi Soccer!
Zora does love her Red Ball! I can’t tell if I caught it on the tape, but while she most often pushes the ball with her nose and mouth, sometimes she actually dribbles it side to side with her front…