It's long overdue for Sadie and her awesome pawm. I had forgotten the paperwork when we did the test, and I finally remembered to fill it out and get give it to them. This girl is more than a good citizen she is an exceptional citizen. 👏
If you have ever wondered what 2 dog trainers do when they get together for a training sesh.. this is it. It's fun! It's dog neutrality perfection ❤️😍
The last couple of weeks wrapped up into one video. Sometimes, I still can't believe this is what I do for a living...I am not the trainer that trained all the neighbors' dogs growing up, I am the trainer that got the dog that needed me to train him and I fell in love with the connection.
Look at these new Canine Good Citizens. Watch out world!!! ♥️
Looking through my photos and decided why not share some happy teams 😍
These 2 Springers are just getting starting at scent work. Its really fun to watch them learn how to discriminate the scent.
Sweatshirts are here just in time for winter. ❄️🧥 These one are thick and warm. Let me know if you would like one..
It's 5 long minutes and for those that don't know after we completed our routine, I have to place Bruce in a down and take 30 steps away from him while the other dog goes that was the easy part for us.
*Bruce decided that he couldn't sit, no way not doing it, so I just went with it.
*I forgot how to count past 12. The pattern has a certain amount of steps per section, and I rehearsed them in my head a lot, but under pressure, I know nothing.
*We both struggle with engagement under pressure, but thankfully, the judge had told all of us prior we can verbally praise them, just no corrections. So boy, howdy did I.
* For his recall, I was supposed to go 30 steps, but 12 was where my brain said stop. Then I always say "here," and today I randomly decided to say front. Fortunately, dogs are good at ready body language.
Also, not in my video is the traffic portion. The dog is tied to a hitch and and handlers go out of sight while other dogs walk by. We also walked in a "crowd" and stopped and said hi to someone. Bikes and joggers pass.. all of that Bruce is good at, the polite pet dog stuff (as I call it)
The BH is a test in Schutzhund that evaluates the dog's temperament and obedience before competing in IGP. Also known as the Companion Dog Title, it includes exercises such as on and off lead heeling, basic commands, recalls, and real-life situations in the public traffic area
Kota likes to play catch me if you can when he knows you might grab his collar.. for me, a collar grab ALWAYS needs to be something with no conflict. I need to be able to grab my dogs collar and guide them without resistance. So Mr. Kota is learning that he gets a reward for letting me grab his collar. This is what balanced training looks like from me, a lot of rewarding and making things good. But if he did decide to duck, I would say no (in the same tone I say collar) and wait for him to remember what we are doing and reward that choice.
Kota is back with the gang for a couple of weeks. He is here to learn to be the best boy he can try to be. He is feeling rather spicy with his new haircut 🦖😄
Mr. Rusty is an 8 month old golden. I took him for a few hours for a day train and quickly realized crate training is what needed to happen. He used all his weight to refuse going in, and he didn't care what I tossed in, he didn't want it. So I started with the wire crate and tossed some treats in, and he still said, nope. So I pulled his leash through the opposite side of the door and created some leash pressure that only he could make stop. And he came in and right back out. Yay! Then we repeated it over and over til he just did it.. then on to the ruffland, he said no again, so I did the same thing, and after 3 rounds with leash pressure, he was going in!!! So I took the leash off and tossed the treat in and he said ok..when his pawrents picked him up we practiced a couple times and he predictably said no the first time is mom tried so we attached the leash and after a couple times he was good to go. We know at home, they will have to do this from scratch to unlearn his behaviors, but now they both have a picture of how it should go and should be able to happen. I'm crossing my fingers. He sure is a perfect, wonderful Golden, I loved laying down and hanging out with him.
Semi private class with 2 dogs that were reactive. 💓 Now we can add some arousal, and they handled like pros. Yes, tools are being used, and no, they don't make the dogs more reactive. Tools used fairly, properly, with good timing and food rewards for good choices can help a dog understand what they should be doing.
