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Training Sequence Makes a Difference

Training Sequence Makes a Difference   I honestly have never given too much thought to the order in which I train behaviors.  I know what behaviors I value, what behaviors are easy to train, what behaviors I'd like as default behaviors, and what behaviors are...

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It's been a hard day's night

It's been a hard day's night I've been working like a dog!  This week isn't yet over, but I am quite tried.  It's been hectic here at SJC with lessons and dog walks, and classes and phone consults and last minute schedule changes.  My schedule this week was all over...

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Are you Ready To Rally!?! Class Announcement

Are you Ready to Rally-O?! I am looking to add a Foundation Rally Skills class to my WPHS schedule starting in March.  Class would be held on Sundays in early afternoon/late morning at WPHS on the north side.  Before WPHS commits to Rally (instead of an "enrichment...

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Blog The Change for Linus

Wow, it's been way too long since I've participated in Blog The Change For Animals event!  Blog the change for animals is a fantastic event where animal bloggers each pick a topic, theme, rescue, event, story, etc to promote and bring to the public eye.  At the bottom...

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Positive Play

Positive Play Between Dogs Although Linus is definitely a scaredy boy, he is a ridiculously social dog with those of his own kind.  There is nothing more than he wants in life than to be with other dogs and play.  Although Shayne and Rio are friendly, they are a bit...

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Quarterly Newsletter

It's that time of year... if you aren't already signed up for our quarterly newsletter, there's no better time than now.You will only get 4 emails a year (possibly expand to 6 eventually) and you can ALWYAS unsubscribe.  We will never sell your information and you...

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Linus's First Trip Out

Linus's First Trip Out Well, it was slightly less than a 2 week timeout for Linus, as it turns out.  Although I strongly suggest a two week time out, I just had a feeling that the right thing for him was to get him out to see people in very low-key environments.  He...

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Dependent on the Group

Dependent on the Group   It's been about 9 days since Linus came to into my home and I have to admit that even though this pup has zero training, he is one of the easiest dogs to live with (is it sad that he's easier to live with than Shayne and Rio?).  He...

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Foundational Behaviors

Foundational Behaviors   Linus has been with me for 8 days now and he's continuing to settle in nicely.  He took his first walk around the block the other day and with the added confidence of being with the other dogs, he did a pretty good job!  I also decided on...

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One of the few times I love seeing stress signals

When Stress Signals are Encouraging   One of the tenents of my training has always been to make things low-stress.  If I'm seeing lots of shake-offs, yawns, or panting, there's a good chance that I'm asking too much for the dog (at their level of training) or...

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