Agility Trial
It was so much fun to watch a trial now that I have a better idea as to what is going on. Oh look, it’s a threadle! Hey, that’s a front cross! I took two videos of Emma from my class running her Vizsla...
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Maia and I ended up having a really great agility class tonight. I was worried that her anxiety would transfer over to a bad class, as has happened before, but she did great! First up we did the dog...
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Maia and I ended up having a really great agility class tonight. I was worried that her anxiety would transfer over to a bad class, as has happened before, but she did great! First up we did the dog...
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Tonight was the last clicker class that I am taking Bosco to for the next while. Unfortunately it is too expensive to continue doing the class. If Dana taught independently (and closer, while I’m...
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There were coyotes out in the forest tonight. Maia was acting extremely anxious – walking in heel, bonking my hand with her nose, jumping up on me – and I couldn’t figure out the source until we...
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There were coyotes out in the forest tonight. Maia was acting extremely anxious – walking in heel, bonking my hand with her nose, jumping up on me – and I couldn’t figure out the source until we...
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Oh! Oh! And also, on the training front: I have been working on ‘stand’ with a hand cue with Maia. Last night at agility we were working with the clicker in between our turns on the equipment and we...
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This past Sunday I did a canine conditioning seminar with Bobbie Lyons. She was absolutely fabulous and I would go to another of her workshops again in a heartbeat. She has a livejournal: and you...
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Does anyone know anything about this guy? I’ve tried to google his training techniques and can’t find anything. The bio on his site doesn’t state that he is a positive reinforcement trainer, which I...
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The Scare I've been getting up around 5 for the last few mornings and taking the dogs to the field at the local elementary school so that they can sniff and wander for fifteen minutes or so before...
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