by Tena Parker | Oct 18, 2011 | About, Blogs, Training, Uncategorized
Gotta Buy Into Training How many times have you heard “I’ve tried everything to get my dog to …”? I think I must hear something to that effect more than once a week. People seem to expect instantaneous results from the training that if,...
by Tena Parker | Oct 15, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
SURPRISE! A Saturday Post! Today is the quarterly Blog The Change for Animals event. I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about. I decided that I would highlight a website that aims to spread the word about dogs that are in high-kill shelters looking...
by Tena Parker | Oct 13, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m of the opinion that most dogs who have highly arousing jobs (herding dogs, hunting dogs, police dogs, performance dogs) must learn how to work while in drive mode. Border collies learn that they must have some impulse control around stock, that they cannot...
by Tena Parker | Oct 12, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
This past weekend was a “holiday” weekend in the US. It was Columbus Day… though to most of the US, it’s just another day off and a reason for shopping the big weekend sales (and really, I can’t say I want to celebrate what Columbus...
by Tena Parker | Oct 7, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
First a reminder Tug Toy Caption Contest Ends Saturday 11:59pm (EST)–you should go and enter if you haven’t yet! I was recently reminded about how important energy is when working with dogs. Now I’m not talking the type of energy a...
