Training

February 13, 2009

Training a young pup

Earlier today, I posted a question about whether or not it is appropriate to have a five-month-old puppy tied to a stationary object lunging. There were […]
January 16, 2009

Spartan Match

Our socialization excursion to MSU for the Spartan Mid-Winter AKC Match: Were our German dogs out of place at an AKC show? Oh yeah you could […]
December 17, 2008

The Three “D’s”

When teaching a behavior there are three “D’s” to keep in mind: duration, distance, and distractions. This is mostly associated with teaching the “stay” but it […]
December 17, 2008

Nick’s Puppy Tales

These are the reports that Nick emailed me as he dog-sat Inya for me. They are too funny not to share.
December 17, 2008

Thoughts on the Break Cue

the man would use "break", and momentarily have his dogs attention after "break", then loose it as HE disconnected with his dog