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Paws to Think NZ Positive reinforcement based dog training to achieve your dreams with your canine team-mate

26/08/2025

Of course this behavior is much better inside 😊 but I thought I'd bring it outside. This is our third day of sitting and waiting for a release word Break and I think she's getting it.

However sitting in front of a dead toy is definitely work in progress outside 😂.
I'm loving this puppy 💜

It’s never too young to start. Jenny is 13 weeks.I built up a Stay from doing platform work, then yesterday I took it ou...
24/08/2025

It’s never too young to start. Jenny is 13 weeks.

I built up a Stay from doing platform work, then yesterday I took it outside.

This is her foundation work for a start line wait in agility, and also a verbal cue - Break - to release and in this case she gets released to the toy.

Note she will not be asked to actually jump anything until she is 12 months old.

19/08/2025

Here 12 week old Jenny is practicing her Leave cue and starting some impulse control. She can only have the toy when released to it with the cue Break.
She found this quite hard with the added distraction of Lexi wanting to join in 😂

Today's training with Jenny aged 12 weeks.
15/08/2025

Today's training with Jenny aged 12 weeks.

13/08/2025

Puppy ideas. Confidence building and problem solving.

There's tiny pieces of cheese in there 💜

At 10 weeks old I commenced “shaping” Jenny to go on a platform by letting her figure out that this would get her a tast...
06/08/2025

At 10 weeks old I commenced “shaping” Jenny to go on a platform by letting her figure out that this would get her a tasty treat.

She is now quite good at this so I started putting the cue in place “On Your Mat”

Very happy with her progress so far ♥️

Jenny the puppy is 9.5 weeks old.So far we have worked on toy play, including the beginning of retrieves by running away...
30/07/2025

Jenny the puppy is 9.5 weeks old.

So far we have worked on toy play, including the beginning of retrieves by running away with another toy in my hand, shaping to go on a platform, chasing food, luring with food, and a few other things.

Here’s a video of toy switch - day 3 of learning this skill. She should play with the toy that I have, so I make that toy very interesting 😂

Just after I stopped videoing, she missed the toy, got my hand and now I am sporting a large sticking plaster 😂

Three days ago Jenny came to live with us.I am going to post occasional puppy stuff on here - enjoy ♥️
25/07/2025

Three days ago Jenny came to live with us.

I am going to post occasional puppy stuff on here - enjoy ♥️

17/06/2025

Totally.

The beautiful dog in my header profile is Rossi. Rossi was the reason I set up this business after he taught me so much....
14/06/2025

The beautiful dog in my header profile is Rossi. Rossi was the reason I set up this business after he taught me so much. He was my heart dog and my teacher.

Rossi passed away last week aged 7, far too soon. This business, Paws to Think NZ, is his legacy, and he will always be in my heart.

30/04/2025

A quick video showing how you can tell your dog how they are going to get their reward. I trained the three reinforcement cues separately and now I can put them all together

I don’t usually post our own results on here but it was suggested I might post about this weekend.Lexi (the collie) and ...
20/04/2025

I don’t usually post our own results on here but it was suggested I might post about this weekend.

Lexi (the collie) and Jack were both brought up in a completely positive environment and they are amazing and smart family members. They are also my trusted team-mates, and these photos speak volumes about how that works out ❤️
Results from our agility show this weekend (in the rain mostly 😂)

Extra proud of them right now 🏆

Even though they have no idea what ribbons mean 😂

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