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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: May 2010
What were we thinking?
Back when Warren and I sent our entries in for Gallatin Dog Club AKC obedience trial, June seemed so far away. We’d have plenty of time to teach the broad jump and work on those pesky out of sight stays. Harley at least has the retrieves down, but Lexi was still in the learning stages [...]
Baley
She’s coming out of her shell and starting to act like a Malinois. A tiny, bat-eared, submissive Malinois, but she’s starting to run and play. If she is a purebred Mali, her breeder needs to find a real job. Here’s a pic from today.
Meet Baley
Baley comes to us from the shelter in Caspar, Wyoming. At first glance, she is tiny, maybe 45 pounds, and looks to be around 10 months old. She is possibly a Malinois mix, although her outline and type look pure Malinois. Her head looks too big for her body, but she’s skin and bones; we’ll [...]
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Double rainbow
This is the agility field tonight near sunset after obedience class was over.
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Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Consequences of not coming when called If your puppy is really too busy to come when called, you can practice “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. In the beginning, this may be difficult to practice because you need to switch back and forth from the bad guy to the nice guy in the blink of an [...]
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New store website
I built the store several years ago using osCommerce. It worked okay, but I was learning far more than I ever intended about php and mySQL. Recently I “lost” the addon for additional images and lightbox. I don’t know where it went… the images I downloaded already work fine, but the fields for adding more [...]
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4H Agility Class Tonight
I’ll be out there at 6.00, but if the weather continues windy and cold, I may just send you all home. Last night was miserable: the jump bars wouldn’t stay up and tunnels tried their best to migrate! Agility shouldn’t cause suffering!
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Murphy 1989 – 2010