Funtastic K9

Playing tug with your dogs

Let your dog pull and win the tug for the game to be fun for them. What fun is in the competition game if you win all the time and they always lose?

Doing work with the Raptor. When making videos you realize how inconsistent you are. :P Also one of many ways to see errors and learn how to fix them.

Video #2 Then here goes clutch she continues to ignore the signals. So cubbie starts small corrections to back her off...

Opening up Olive with a little bit of play time too! Why so serious? Lol. No toy? No problem!

Teaching a casual walk on leash

Teaching my crazy mal how to walk on leash on a flat buckle next to me using only food, verbal praise. We are utilizing this time to also teach her the meaning of “heel” we are using this word as a casual heel on leash on our right side. The left side we keep it for a formal “fuss” Yes we can teach our dogs to heel nxt to us with just food, it just takes more reps.

Fun with stanford🥰 Play is life!

Foundation exercise focus heeling IGP style.

During this quarantine it’s been a blessing to us. We get to train & play with our own dogs daily, we get to truly focus on what we need to work more on. In today’s video we revisit - Focus heeling - going back to basics. Luring, removing hand, rewarding different ways & working to open more as a handler and sharing emotions, happiness and fun with Clutch. We went back to basic puppy play & rules of play and now when we are outside, when i ask if shes “ready”, she explodes with energy and we can work without her being distracted by smelling the grass. This is a huge change in how we used to do things.

Conditioning dog training exercise

Working on some body conditioning with my raptor. Are you doing anything fun with your dogs? Post below! Lets see them at work!

Crating Dogs

Teaching our dogs to be able to crate on command and be calm inside the crate will make it much comfortable for them if you must board them in an unfamiliar environment. The crate is meant to be a safe place for our dogs when we aren’t home, when we travel in the car or when we leave them in someone else’s care. It is a safety tool and a place of comfort for our dogs.

Teaching your dog the word “yes” & their name!

In this video i show you the very first step in teaching your dog their name and using “yes” as a marker. Words means nothing to our dogs until we put a meaning to them. Here in the first clip i dont do or/say nothing. I wait for the dog to look at me, then I mark with “YES” then release the food (positive reinforcement). I become valuable to my dog just by hand feeding through this exercise. The dog will quickly understand how to get her reward. In the 2nd clip, i add her name to the mix (clutch> she looks at me> i say “yes”> reward with food) This session is short and under 3 minutes , but this is an easy exercise that can be done daily for 3 min or less! Eventually you’ll see your dog drool or get excited when they hear their name because a reward will be expected. (Classical conditioning) 🙂 Any questions let us know!

When you go to train the dog but the dog is not showing the unwanted behaviors the owner usually sees on a daily...