Now that the weather is starting to get nice in Illinois it is time to buckle down & start working on field training. The other day we got out to the field by my house & threw the small Dokken (fake duck) to just see where we were at in the game. I kept a long line on her - to be safe. I was
I have talked a few times about how Rizzo is not fed from a bowl. I have been taking Ian Dunbar's idea of that a dog does not "earn" a bowl until they are trained. Well at 12 months trust me Rizzo is NO WHERE near trained. So food still comes from training sessions or interactive food toys.
So back in October I posted about the debate on to feed the settle behavior or not. At that time I was choosing not to feed it to see how the behavior progressed. Well as the picture here shows it has progressed really well! This past weekend Rizzo & I attended Clicker Expo Chicago (really Whee
Now that the weather is starting to get nice in Illinois it is time to buckle down & start working on field training. The other day we got out to
I have talked a few times about how Rizzo is not fed from a bowl. I have been taking Ian Dunbar's idea of that a dog does not "earn" a bowl until the
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So back in October I posted about the debate on to feed the settle behavior or not. At that time I was choosing not to feed it to see how the behavio
Yesterday was Mardi Gras & in memory of my father I bought a King Cake to share with my classes. I had a little time between clients so I decided to
[caption id="attachment_299" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Happy Birthday!"][/caption] I have been very slacker-ish to posting! Sorry - My
As you may have been reading I have been having a problem/realization that Rizzo does not know "sit". That is coming along. She actually will sit on
Today I think we might have broken through Rizzo's issue with holding her dumbbell & going from a stand to a sit. We successfully were able to do it
So when I started talking to American Water Spaniel breeders I would say that I was looking for a bold, unflappable, food motivated, engaged, look at
Yikes, so this week I realized that Rizzo does not have sit on cue! I purposely did not put SIT on cue for a long time because I was so specific abou
I think since we're only 5 days into Jan. 2011 I think it is totally OK to put up some new training goals & maybe even some personal goals! For R
During the Go For It! seminar I did take Rizzo out of her crate to work during "mat time". I have not done any formal m...
As you may have been reading I have been having a problem/realization that Rizzo does not know "sit". That is coming al...
Every morning now we are doing a stair session. I am working on both going up them backwards and going up the forward. ...
