by Tena Parker | Feb 20, 2013 | Basic Training Tips, personal, Positive Training, Reinforcement, Training
A Confession I talk a lot about building up behaviors, starting small and gradually increasing criteria, and about consistency when training. Well, I have quite the confession to make… I apparently neglected to follow through with my own advice when it comes to...
by Tena Parker | Feb 13, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, Foster Dogs, Training, Video blog
Wordless Wednesday–Teaching Stay pt. 2 A few weeks ago I posted my Stay for Duration How-To Video. Here is the companion piece, How to teach Stay focusing on Motion and Distance. Stay tuned for another video in the stay...
by Tena Parker | Feb 11, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, Dog Behavior, Foster Dogs, Positive Training
Tired Dogs are Crazy Dogs? Yep, you heard that correctly. Many dogs, particularly youngsters and puppies, are like toddlers– when they are at their most tired is when they are running around, screaming, and causing chaos. Although tired dogs are happy...
by Tena Parker | Feb 6, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, Positive Training, Video blog
Wordless Wednesday–Back up With Shayne Edition Here’s Shayne learning how to “back up” in heel position. I talked about the process and how I decided on the process in yesterday’s blog but here’s the video to accompany it! ...
by Tena Parker | Jan 31, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, Training, Video blog
How To Teach “Stay”–focusing on duration Whenever we are training any behavior, but most particularly with stay, we need to think about the “3 D’s.” Duration–how long can the dog do the behavior. Distance–how far away...
by Tena Parker | Jan 30, 2013 | Basic Training Tips, Foster Dogs, photo blog
If You Want Something, DO Something “Wow, why won’t my dog walk like that!” said the man who stopped me while walking Rio down a busy sidewalk earlier this year. I know I’ve written it time and time again, but my response was,...
