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 [...]
Zooka and Blitzen love parkour! This blog contains videos of Zooka and Blitzen practicing parkour on some of our obstacles. Dog Parkour is an adaptation of parkour for humans. Sometimes called urban agility, participants utilize their environment to navigate. That might includes walls, trees, logs, benches, or anything else in the environment to jump [...]
What does it look like when you head out the door for a walk with your dog? I bet it does not look like this! Watch the video to see how Zooka and Blitzen normally exit for a walk. Zooka and Blitzen are Vizslas. Vizslas are bird dogs. Hunters. Pointers. And boy do they [...]
Blitzen's tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months with us, October, November and December 2021, rounded out his first year with us. If you recall, we had a very mild fall weather-wise with some great fall hiking weather. In October, Zooka and Blitzen kept getting distracted by something on our walks at home. I finally figured out [...]
