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Acknowledgements
While I have learned from many dog trainers over the years, a few stand out. Thanks to Glen Johnson, who early in the 80s taught me about inducive training. And also to Bill Dotson, who introduced us to Schutzhund and Search & Rescue.
Thanks Tracey Louper for letting me help teach classes, and being my friend and sounding board for new dog training ideas.
Special thanks to friend and mentor Michael Ellis. Michael is a gifted dog trainer and teacher, and almost everything I use and teach these days comes from Michael.
And thanks to Ivan Balabanov, who started our club, Big Sky Schutzhund Club, on the way to becoming thinking dog trainers.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Dynamic rewards help build drive, motivation
Food rewards can be as exciting and dynamic as toys — it’s all in the presentation. When you’re rewarding a static exercise such as contact position, you can be a pez-dispenser, doling out one small treat after another until the dog leaves the contact or you release him. But when you’re trying to build drive [...]
Hand touches
Hand touches are a great game to warm up before training or an agility run, and to ask for your dog to become an active participant. Have your dog touch her nose to the palm of your hand. In the beginning, most dogs will investigate your hand naturally if you just hold it out a [...]
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