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A balanced approach to reward based training. Specializing in off-leash obedience.
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31/03/2022

The power of the word Yes. It jolts Bacchus out of his trance. 😂

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22/03/2022

Spins and twists and ball reward.

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24/01/2022

Obedience work in the snow at A-Basin.

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28/12/2021

Bacchus with Eli, the Irish Wolfhound, on a post Christmas Day hike.

Happy to see that Eli’s owner has maintained his training from earlier this year.

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25/12/2021

Oh Hellz Yeah! ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️

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22/12/2021

I support dog friendly stores like 🐶 This little dude belonged to an employee and accompanied us around the store.

Dog owners: Be respectful of stores that allow dogs inside and don’t ruin this cool policy for others. Do not take your dog into these stores if your dog has no training or is reactive and you cannot manage the dog or have poor handling skills.

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14/12/2021

Some dog parkour while waiting for an oil change.

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06/12/2021

Dog Parkour on the big slide.

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02/12/2021

One good reason to carry bear spray when going to parks where many untrained and uncontrolled off-leash dogs are. Get your dog off-leash trained and go to places where hikers, mountain bikers, and trail runners frequent. An uncontrolled pack of dogs can very dangerous.

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23/11/2021

One of the top functional behaviors every well trained off-leash dog should learn at some point — the distance down.

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18/11/2021

It’s all about balance.

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15/11/2021

I teach a functional heel to clients. I don’t teach “loose leash walking” normally defined as dog can do anything but not pull as the primary mode for walking with your dog. If your dog is not off-leash trained yet and you want to let your dog take a break to their business or sniff around for a bit, that’s where essentially loose-leash would come into play. Let the dog explore a bit but not pull you.

What I see a lot with loose leash walking is a dog reverting to pulling as well as zig zagging in front of the owner. This is a dog that has forgotten about their owner and is confused as to what their proper position is.

It’s much much more
clear to ask for a position for your dog next to your leg. Your dog does not need to be staring up in your face like you see in competition trials. Dogs have excellent peripheral vision and just like you and friend can walk next to each other on a hike without staring at each other ‘s face the whole time, so can dogs and they have the advantage of better peripheral vision.

Get your dog off-leash trained and allow him to explore. When other dogs, horses, and people are approaching ask for a heel on either side of you. Forget the loose-leash walking nonsense some trainers espouse like letting your dog pull you around on a sniffari during your whole walk. There needs to be balance and clarity in the relationship with your dog.

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11/11/2021

Lots of benefits for dogs at a playground such as confidence building, agility, balance, coordination, and habituation to environmental stressors. Start your dog on easier obstacles and work your dog up to more challenging ones rewarding with food or toy after they complete the obstacle.

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29/10/2021

After posing for some photos, Bacchus is released from his behavior. The release from a behavior is just as important as the behavior itself, which in this case was “Up” - Go to the highest part of an object and stay there until released.

13/08/2021

My personal dog Bacchus is not a furbaby. He is a companion and a mountaineer at heart. I train dogs in order to build stronger relationships and clear communication with humans; the goal is to have a well trained canine companion to do shared activities with. Dog Parks and Doggy Daycare do nothing to further the relationship between human and dog. In fact, in many cases they have the opposite effect by creating a dog that values other dogs over you leading to behavioral problems that dog trainers now have to reverse.

I train dogs whose owners respect dogs for what they are: predators who have coevolved with humans to work with us as well as be our companions. To treat a dog as a “furbaby” is to anthropomorphize dogs as human infants which is a disservice to the species Canis Lupus Familiaris.

If you want a well trained partner to do fun activities with, I can help.

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29/07/2021

Distance down. Very useful on hikes.

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14/07/2021

Bacchus and I summited Quandary Peak, our first fourteener yesterday. We reached a top elevation of 14,252 feet based on my GPS. Bacchus was a superstar; constantly checking up on me by hiking back down over boulders and massive scree fields down after getting ahead to motivate me to keep going.

We saw plenty of marmots and mountain goats on this adventure.

There will be many more 14er summits to come.

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14/07/2021

Bacchus and I summited Quandary Peak, our first fourteener yesterday. We reached a top elevation of 14,252 feet based on my GPS. Bacchus was a superstar; constantly checking up on me by hiking back down over boulders and massive scree fields after getting ahead to motivate me to keep going.

We saw plenty of marmots and mountain goats on this adventure.

There will be many more 14er summits to come.

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11/06/2021

Madison, the Schiller hound, and Bacchus on a hike and train this morning.

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09/06/2021

Hike and Train last Saturday at Chief Mountain with Grizzly and Bacchus. Bacchus served as a stable model dog teaching Grizzly boundaries as well as how to coexist peacefully with another intact male dog. Grizzly has had some negative experiences with other males dogs attacking him and the hope is that Bacchus can help break this association for Grizzly that other male dogs mean prepare to fight.

By the end of the day Bacchus and Grizzly had become hiking buddies.

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06/06/2021

Bacchus and Grizzly .grizzly participating in a snake avoidance class at the Colorado Gun Dog Club today.

Rattlesnake avoidance training for your dogs is a smart idea if you reside where rattlesnakes are prevalent. This is even more pertinent for owners who hike with their dogs in rattlesnake territory.

One important thing is to make sure that your dog is properly ecollar conditioned before taking part in the snake avoidance/aversion training to prevent sensitization to ecollar stimulation. This will allow a broader and more sophisticated use of the ecollar to reinforce behaviors (R-) as opposed to being a tool exclusively used for stopping or suppressing unwanted behaviors.

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02/06/2021

Bacchus caught a today.

What a coincidence that it is also the start of Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈.

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28/05/2021

Proofing Jackson, the labradoodle, to the place mat with Bacchus serving as a distraction.

Jackson has some impulse control issues around other dogs, squirrels, and visitors to the home. A great management tool in the house is using an elevated place mat to give the dog a defined location and alternative behavior (with a strong reinforcement/reward history) in place of rushing the door in a highly excited state when guests come over. The place mat can also be brought outside to help develop impulse control in general around distractions.

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14/05/2021

Jackson, a labradoodle, and his owner. I a have started working with them (most importantly his owner) in private sessions to help him better respond to his owner. Jackson is a great dog, but has a history of being reinforced for the wrong behavior in addition to not being reinforced sufficiently for the proper behavior.

Several things we we worked on today were getting better engagement through proper uses of reward markers, reward delivery, and rewarding attention/focus to the owner.

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03/05/2021

Eli and Bacchus heeling next to me. Eli is on left (traditional “Heel” cue and position ) and Bacchus on the right (cue for right side functional heel is “Side”.)

When I stop, they both stop as well in stationary heel position (sitting next to my leg).

After heeling for almost a minute I release both of them with “Break”.

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02/05/2021

Distance downs are great for managing your dogs on hikes with a lot of mountain bike traffic. The bikers suddenly appeared while Bacchus was at some distance ahead of me. In this case I felt it more appropriate to have Bacchus in a distance down versus having him recall to me so they could easily and feel more comfortable riding past him while he was in a clear stationary position.

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01/05/2021

Proofing Eli on a duration down at a pet store.

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28/04/2021

Eli has now progressed to where he can be unshackled from the leash/long line. Off-leash freedom is here. 🦅

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27/04/2021

Night time recall work with Eli. Pretty close to fading the long line.

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26/04/2021

Eli, the Irish Wolfhound, worked on off-leash recall, heel, down, sit, and leave it around distractions on this hike today while Bacchus tagged along and served as a model for obedience behavior.

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23/04/2021

I had no place mat big enough for this beast so I improvised and used an overturned garden box. 😂 We are still getting place work done with Eli, the Irish Wolfhound.

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20/04/2021

Eli content in the fresh April champagne powder while acing a duration sit at distance.

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16/04/2021

Eli, an Irish Wolfhound, came in on Monday for a two week board and train. Eli is over 150 lbs and become too much for his owner to handle. We will be working on obedience behaviors heel, duration down and sit, recall, leave it, crate, and going to place to make him manageable for his owner who weighs much less than him!
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12/04/2021

Hike and train up Saint Mary’s Glacier with and within sight of James Peak summit.

We reached an elevation of 11,686 before the high altitude started sapping my energy and we turned around. Will be back soon to summit James Peak.

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08/04/2021

Snow is melting, but we are having just as much fun.

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04/03/2021

Bacchus at wheel position getting his feet wet in his first sled dog race. 😂

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25/02/2021

Mariska working on her down stay while work on a focused heel with Bacchus around her in a snow storm. ❄️ Bacchus was thrown off a bit by snowflakes entering his nostrils. 😂

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25/02/2021

The joys of off-leash freedom.

Mariska is being trained with the ecollar being used properly and is getting a taste life unshackled to a leash.

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23/02/2021

Working around horses with Mariska. She has reactivity around strange animals and I used a combination of food, leash pressure, and ecollar stimulation to reinforce her to be able to heel past these horses (others outside video frame) without blowing up.

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Spins and twists and ball reward. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #play #husky #siberianhusky #offleash #snow #reward #wheatridge #arvada #goldencolorado

Obedience work in the snow at A-Basin. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #hikingwithdogs #ski #snow #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #mountains #husky #siberianhusky #offleash #abasin #winter #wheatridge #arvada #goldencolorado

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Eli at 150+ lbs was a super puller with poor impulse control when he was dropped off. One approach I took was teaching Eli a functional heel where his shoulder has to stay roughly next to my left leg. Additionally, every time I stop he sits next to me in heel position until I start walking again, give him another command, or release him. Eli is free to look at his surroundings and does not need to stare at my face or a focal point like a competition heel or focused heel. For off-leash hikes, a functional heel is great for allowing you and your dog to continue moving in situations where you may want your dog next to you as an extra precaution, for safety, or trail etiquette such as oncoming or passing hikers, trail runners, mountain bikers, dogs or wildlife. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #evergreencolorado #conifercolorado #irishwolfhound #irishwolfhoundsofinstagram #bigdog #bigdogs #bigdogsofinstagram

Bacchus at wheel position getting his feet wet in his first sled dog race. 😂 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #chaos #sleddogs #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #cherrycreek #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #evergreencolorado #conifercolorado #coloradodog #race #siberianhusky #husky #sledding

Mariska working on her down stay while work on a focused heel with Bacchus around her in a snow storm. ❄️ Bacchus was thrown off a bit by snowflakes entering his nostrils. 😂 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #hikingwithdogs #hiking #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #optoutside #evergreencolorado #conifercolorado #obediencetraining #alaskanmalamute #malamute #siberianhusky #husky

The joys of off-leash freedom. Mariska is being trained with the ecollar being used properly and is getting a taste life unshackled to a leash. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #evergreencolorado #snow #ecollar #offleash #malamute #alaskanmalamute #optoutside

Had a fun race to the end of the course today when running the dogs. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #cherrycreek #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #optoutside #evergreencolorado #conifercolorado #mushing #drylandmushing #sleddogs

A touch icy today with the tire pull. #icy #sleddog #weightpull #husky #siberianhusky #dogworkout

How do you speed up recalls? One way to do so is to not only use your verbal marker (Yes), also know as a conditioned reinforcer, when the dog has come back to you but at varying distances while he or she is recalling back to you. For example, you can say “Yes” when the dog recalling to you is 50 yards away, 25 yards away or 10 yards away. This is one advantage over a clicker. The sound of your voice carries much further than a clicker ever can. The dog will then have the belief that it will be rewarded at any point in the recall process, not just when he has finished the recall. This will speed up the recall as the dog will anticipate being rewarded at any point while recalling increasing motivation and therefore speed when returning back to the owner/handler. The reason this works is that a verbal marker “Yes” takes on the same properties as the reward whether it be food or toy. Counterintuitively, you want to say Yes even when the dog is recalling slow and what you will notice in the majority of cases is that the dog will start to speed up in anticipation of the physical reward. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #optoutside #evergreencolorado #conifercolorado #obedience #reinforcement #dogobedience #obediencetraining

Bacchus and Moby sunset in Boulder. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #mountains #dusk #husky #mushing #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #bikejoring #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #cherrycreek #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #optoutside #evergreencolorado #conifercolorado #sunset

80 mph winds today on our hike to the summit of Chief Mountain. #windchill #hike #hikingwithdogs #mountains

Having fun in the fresh powder. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainers #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #cherrycreek #highlandsranch #morrisoncolorado #broomfieldcolorado #optoutside #evergreencolorado #conifercolorado #powder #snow

After cuing Tippy and Bacchus to go up on those boulders and then to down to get those beauty shots 😆, I release them with Free. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #obedience #dogobedience #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #obediencetraining #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainers #denverdogtrainer #lakewoodcolorado #cherrycreek #highlandsranch #castlerockcolorado #morrisoncolorado #siberianhusky #alaskanhusky #husky

Grizzly has completed his ecollar conditioning and is very close to being completely off-leash, which would involve the removal of his long line. The owner will still be using a long line in case of help, which will be rare at this point but still a possibility. The ecollar stimulation will only be used for non-compliance to the recall cue. Once Grizzly has a number of reps with the owner and she has had no need to help Grizzly with the long line, the long line can be removed. Additionally, the reward or reinforcement rate is still continuous for each rep and eventually will be reduced to a variable or random rate where on average 1 out of 4 recalls will be rewarded. In high distractions environments like hikes dogs still will need to be paid occasionally to keep the recalls speedy and reliable and minimize the use of ecollar stimulation. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #obedience #dogobedience #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #workingdogs #obediencetraining #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainers #denverdogtrainer #goldenretriever #lakewoodcolorado #cherrycreek #highlandsranch #castlerockcolorado #morrisoncolorado #ecollartraining

Bacchus and Grizzly heeling. Bacchus on traditional left side and Grizzly doing a right side heel at request of owner. They are both released to liberty at the end for a break. A functional heel has the dog remain in position with the dog’s shoulder roughly next to the handler’s leg. The dog may offer eye contact periodically but constant focused eye contact or head in a static position is not required. This is one main difference between a functional everyday life heel compared to a competition heel. It would be impractical and very exhausting to require a focused heel on long hikes or walks with your dog. I teach a functional or practical heel to client dogs as opposed to a loose leash walk which in my opinion is not clear to many dogs and does not achieve the same results as a functional heel. 🐺 🐺 🐺 #dogs #dogtraining #dogsofinstagram #colorado #denver #denvercolorado #littleton #dogtrainer #boulder #obedience #dogobedience #hikingwithdogs #hiking #hike #frontrange #bouldercolorado #dogsofdenver #workingdogs #obediencetraining #coloradolife #littletoncolorado #dogsofdenver #coloradodogs #denverdogtrainers #denverdogtrainer #goldenretriever #morrisoncolorado #lakewoodcolorado #cherrycreek #highlandsranch #castlerockcolorado

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