by Amanda Dougherty | Apr 21, 2022
The send exercises can be challenging to teach because the dog is required to move away from you. In this workshop, we’ll break down the steps to teach various types of send exercises, starting with circling a cone. From there, your dog will learn target training, how...
by Amanda Dougherty | Jan 23, 2022
Does your dog struggle with position changes? He or she is not alone! Position changes are challenging because the dog is expected to promptly respond to each cue without moving forward toward you. Add in the silent hand signal exercises and the difficulty level...
by melissabreau | Jan 16, 2021
When you bring home that cute adorable puppy that may someday be your next sport dog, the last thing on your mind is reducing reinforcement! That’s a project for way later, just before you’re thinking about entering competitions, right? Not necessarily! There are...
by melissabreau | Nov 30, 2020
Does your dog struggle with stays? Maybe you have trouble teaching duration. Or your dog can’t relax on the station or in a down stay. Perhaps it falls apart when you add distance. Stays are critical for dog sports, whether it’s an active stay like an agility start...
by melissabreau | Oct 6, 2020
Where you deliver the reinforcement for a behavior rewards the rep your dog just did, but it affects the next rep. We can use that to our advantage by thinking about where those rewards should come from depending on the skill you’re working on, the tendency of your...
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