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Prevention

Each week I try to give the students a word or phrase to repeat over and over all week long.  For level 1 and Puppy classes the first word is “Prevention”.  Think about it, if you prevent all bad things from happening, no bad habits get started, there is nothing to fix, you have the [...]

Retreive a Dumbbell

Some dogs are natural retrievers, but if your dog isn’t and you would like to train a great retrieve for a competition or service dog, there are several ways of training this.   I like to start by targeting an object. (See Clicker Lesson #3: Hand Touch). The following is a 6 week plan to start [...]

Service Dogs

Last night I watched a program on PBS about the Canine Assistant Program called “Through a Dogs Eyes.
All the of the training is positive, based on targeting (see clicker lessons) and relationship building; what we teach in our classes.    These service dogs live at “school” for 18 months and are extremely well socialized.  If you [...]

Using Rewards

Pick up a few tips on what you can use to motivate your dog and keep his attention when you are [...]

Clicker Lesson #4

This lesson covers teaching your dog to target a moving object. It is a helpful step towards teaching a dog to heel or walk on a loose leash using clicker training. [...]

Curious about Clicker

Would you believe you don’t need a clicker to clicker [...]