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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: October 2009
Pitfalls of Luring
A common complaint about using food in training is “My dog only comes when he sees the treat!” This is generally because the dog was taught by luring. The lure has become the prompt for the dog to perform the behaviour. The dog is dependent on the lure, and if the lure is not present, [...]
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Class Notes: Beginning Agility Class
Timing is everything in dog training. Using a reward marker allows the dog to clearly understand what the desired action is, and what he's getting rewarded for.
Chewber toys
Chewbers are one of my dogs’ favourite toys… check out some videos to see them in action!
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Class Notes: Proofing
Called “generalizing” by behaviourists, proofing is taking the show on the road. It enlarges the mental picture the dog has of the exercise, and allows the dog to work around distractions, ignoring them and concentrating on the job at hand. Proofing should take place in as many new and different places as possible. Little League [...]
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Upper Snake River Valley DTC Trial
The K9FUN store will be at the USRVDTC trial this weekend in Rigby Idaho. Corbie will be running in Excellent Standard & Jumpers, and Lexi will try her paw in Novice Jumpers. I’m working feverishly on braided leashes of all kinds and colours, I hope you like them! See you there, -sam
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Website back up
… and working again. I still have some additional security measures to take to fight intrusion attacks, but everything else is secure as far as shopping goes. Sometimes I just hate people… -sam
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It’s always something
The K9FUN store website got hacked… I spent the day removing malicious script on every file on the site, and then trying to upgrade it to be more Search Engine friendly. But somewhere along the way some code got broken, and it’s going to take another day or two to fix. In the meantime, the [...]
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Big Sky Australian Shepherd Club
The BIG SKY ASC is hosting their very first Conformation Show! SINNERS AND SAINTS SHOW 2 CONFORMATION SHOWS TRACKING CLINIC 10/31/2009 – 11/1/2009 Holloway Arena 770 McReynolds Road Gallatin Gateway, MT Tracking clinic Saturday, October 31, 2009 12 noon to 6 PM For more information: http://www.bigskyasc.com/calendar/calendar.htm K9FUN will be providing a short clinic on showing [...]
Class notes: Moving attention, retrieves
It doesn’t matter how accessible the toy is, the only way the dog will get it is to give attention and gain the release word YES. This is an important component of self control. "You have to do something to get something."
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Corbie the show dog!