Yeti playing agility!
Mr. Yeti Spaghetti is back for day camp having a blast and getting some great exercise playing agility with Miss Karina!
Working or playing? Mr. Koda has been working hard on perfecting his skills for his upcoming CGC. One of the skills he has struggled with was sit for petting, as he is just the friendliest guy! Koda is shown in this video practicing that particular skill by making it harder, we want to prepare him for any and every greeting situation by being as exciting, WEIRD and fun as possible! 😝
💫💫ATTENTION STAR STUDENT FOLLOWERS 💫💫
We have ANOTHER "Star Student" this week:
🤩🤩 Duke 🤩🤩
Duke is Rascal's brother - you might remember Rascal graduating a few weeks ago 👨🎓
Duke is here to brush up on some basic manners and build confidence and we can't be more pleased with his gooddest boy attitude.
While we were fixing 🧰 up some gates and fences on our "pods" (where the dogs hang out all day) - Duke had to go hang out and work on stuff in our lobby with Miss Karina. Our project took a bit longer than anticipated and Duke was sailing through his lessons so fast that Miss Karina decided to play dress up with the big goof🤩
🌟 Great job Sir Duke! We're so happy we've gotten to work with both you and your brother, both of you get gold stars !🌟
Ozzy learns a new game!
Look what Ozzy learned today!😁
His new favorite game is Two Ball! - it only took him a few tries to get his rhythm going and now he thinks it's the funnest good time ever🤗
Good boy Ozzy-OzzMan!
Helper dog Nitro, being silly!
Working with reactive dogs requires an amazing team of helper dogs! In the spot light is, Nitro! He is usually one of the first helpers our clients get to work with. As a recovering reactive dog himself, he knows the whole song and dance on both sides! The end result is focusing on dad is a much better paying job and he doesn't care at all about the other dogs. Here he is being his adorable self blowing off some steam after lessons. We would say his job satisfaction is pretty high!
Day school dogs working hard!
Viggo working hard on staying on mat while Ally cleans up the safe room!
Tilly on the trails!
Board and train, Tilly, was a superstar on her first field trip! She listened to every direction, didn't pull a single time, and constantly checked in. All for the beloved ball!
Callie and Boomer
Callie has gone from a nervous wall flower to the life of the party! She loves everyone she meets, and we adore her!
Have you ever seen a 6 month old LABRADOR leave food on the ground alone by choice? We see it all the time!
Check out Blossom's leave it! She goes home on Saturday and is excited to show her family everything she has learned!
One of the principles of positive reinforcement is finding alternative behaviors. My nut of a dog, Marvel, will chase and bite vacuums, brooms, mops, etc. She is also trained to stay on a mat. So that is what I ask her (and other dogs) to do while I'm busy.
Little Bean is such a smarty pants! She caught right onto mat work and does it with style!
Little Callie working on her recall! Callie is deaf and learning that when you see a hand waving you should pay attention. We then use another signal to call her to come! She is such a great puppy! Bold and inquisitive, we couldn't have asked for a better first student!
Thank you so much Robin of Radiant Canines Positive Dog Training for helping out as we get the school off the ground! Great trainers work together to bolster and support each other! We're so thankful for the community of force free trainers!
Hi Friends!
One of the perks of being a dog trainer's dog is you meet a lot of friends! Hank and I have just become the best of buddies! I asked mom for my own lab but she said no. Three dogs is enough, for now. BOL!
We do play kind of rough, and that had my mom a little worried. So lame. We play fine, you can tell because we take little breaks. Right away you can see we break apart and shake off. That is how we check in with each other to make sure we are both still having fun. If we go too long without a little pause, Mom calls us to her. I always come, that word tastes good! We have snacks, and then go right back to playing. She is so well trained.