I like to teach cues that have a variety of uses. When we have versatile cues, we can get a lot more bang for our buck. One example of a versatile cues is TOUCH. For me, Touch is a nose target. I am teaching the dog to touch an object with his nose. In [...]
Releasing dogs from a Wait one at a time by name is a pretty advanced Wait. We'll show you a group of five dogs who can do it. Wait is a cue that I use a lot with my own dogs. When we have visiting dogs boarding with us, which is most of the [...]
What does a Recall or Come look like with my own dogs? You can see it here in this video. If you've done any group classes with me, especially Puppy Preschool or Basic Training, you've heard me talk in detail about how to teach a reliable COME or RECALL. The first key is to [...]
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was born in April 2002. We fostered her starting in October 2003 and officially adopted her two months later. We lost her in May 2012. She taught me a lot. And I like to sometimes reflect on the things I have learned from my dogs. The Suit Story [...]
Blitzen's August & September 2022 were not quite as stressful as his July, but no big strides forward either. We had some ups and downs with his growling and snapping over things like putting on his harness. We had some stretches when I could not put his harness on at all. We had one success [...]
