If you've done any training with me, you've probably heard me at some point say, "Set your dog up for success!" What does that mean, exactly? The short answer is that you should set up the situation to best help your dog succeed at what you are working on. The easiest example of that [...]
Zooka and Blitzen love to their off leash walks. They love to engage with me. They love to work. They also loves treats. So doing some training during our walks is and win-win for everyone. Let's see how our distance work and our stays are looking. The video starts with me asking Zooka for [...]
Does your dog know Stay? How reliable is it? Let's put Zooka to the test. . . In this video, we are at the top of our hill. Zooka and Blitzen are off leash. I put Zooka in a stay, but not Blitzen. When I do Stays with my dogs, I normally put them [...]
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 I am [...]
This post is part of our weekly series on raising our Vizsla puppy, Zooka. You can use our posts as a guide to help raise your own puppy, regardless of breed. Keep in mind that different breeds might develop at different rates, so while you can do these things with any breed, your breed [...]
