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Adrenaline… detrimental to thinking?
When we think about a system being flooded with adrenaline we generally think of super strength, hyper vigilance, jittery, energetic and possibly a crash as the adrenaline works its way out of the body. What I failed to think about what the effect adrenaline had on...
read moreI need a farm
I have always seen myself ending up on a mini-farm with somewhere between 4 and 15 acres. I'd love to have a big barn where I can hold training classes, maybe a small number of goats or a few cows, some chickens, a nice field for agility/frisbee, and I'd LOVE a body...
read moreFoto-Friday
Alright, this week has continued to have some wordy posts and I think I'm ready for a break. The last few days have been chilly but beautiful. Full sun, mild breezes, and generally really pleasant. I have spent as much time outside as humanly possible reading,...
read moreTrain Naked!
Not you, the dogs! Clicker Training, unlike more traditional training, really allows the handler to build up off-leash reliability from the very get go. Traditional training (especially at its worst) is centered around delivering leash pops and corrections. Dogs...
read moreMissing…
We take a break in the clicker action to post about two missing dogs. A good friend of mine runs a small rescue group and a former foster (a dog who was once considered unadoptable for fear issues) has gone missing from her Furever home with another rescue dog in the...
read moreClick your way to Confidence!
A few weekends ago at agility class Rio had a bit of an accident. We were just working on a simple circle pattern with a crazy entrance/exit from the tunnel (from the back of the curved tunnel). There was a tight-ish turn after a jump to the dog-walk. I don't...
read moreTechnical Support–Troubleshooting pt. 2
I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! Last week I was chit-chatting about Clicker Training and that is where we will pick up today. There are quite a few more common problems that pop up when Clicker Training so I want to get back to technical service,...
read moreTechnical Service…trouble shooting pt. 1
Have I been clear enough in expressing just how much I love Clicker Training? Just in case I have NOT made it clear, I'll spell it out for you: I love Clicker Training. The cat is out of the bag. I think Clicker Training has so many applications and is such an...
read moreThe GSD of dog training…
German Shepherd Dogs are widely considered one of the most versatile breeds. Herding, military work, personal protection, police dogs, scent detection [bomb, drugs], search and rescue, and service animals are just some of the jobs GSDs are capable of doing well. ...
read moreClicker Training fact and fiction
The clicker is not: --A remote control: "Sit"-CLICK (done in a forward motion like w/ T.V. remote that has dying batteries... hoping the forward motion helps push the signal to the box 10 ft in front of you) --An attention getting tool: CLICK, CLICK, CLICK.....
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