Heeling for King Cake!
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
Archive for the Obedience Training Category
“Settle” the debate….
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
Sit Box – Oh how I love you!
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
Sit can Happen!
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
When your puppy doesn’t know “SIT”
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
Clean Training!
So when I went to the Michele Pouliot seminar a few weeks back she very strong in driving home that we needed to focus on Clean Training. Clean Train
Post Seminar – New Focus
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending a 2 day seminar with Michele Pouliot in MN. Going to seminars is always a great way to recharge you
Read the Rules – Please!
Last weekend I was at an AKC Obedience trial and I was shocked by the number of Novice A handlers who had either not read the rules or if they did the
The Hold – Part 1
So in the last post about the formal retrieve I mentioned that I was starting to as look at her hold. I mentioned that I teach the hold separately fr
Problem Solving – Setting up for Success
So darling Rizzo really prefers to leave with things in her mouth then bring them back. This has been since in the whelping box. I have done this al
