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 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...
by Tena Parker | Oct 6, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I am not going to lie, I have very high expectations of my dogs. I expect them to eliminate in the proper place (outside), to behave in potentially crowded public spaces around people and dogs, to be reliable on-leash and off-leash, to be able to perform in highly...
by Tena Parker | Sep 22, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve been trying to give all of my students some tips to improve their mechanical skills as trainers. Over the last few sessions I have come up with my “5 Tips to Successful Training”. These are just very simple changes in the mechanics that can...
by Tena Parker | Sep 20, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Well, my world is going to be full of trick training over the next two weeks… perhaps to a fault. I’m hoping to keep up on my blog posts… but I may end up using some videos and photos…which I’ve been told is not a cop-out. This year...
