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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 2010
Know your rights
Ever had a bad encounter with police? I have. And it can happen to anyone. Do you know your rights when stopped by police? Flex Your Rights has released a DVD, also available free online, called 10 Rules for Dealing with Police. I’m making it required viewing for my teen-aged son who is just getting [...]
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Keri seminars
Just finished an awesome six days of agility seminars with Keri Daun where I learnt lots that I can’t wait to share with you. Stay tuned!
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Yellowstone Valley Kennel Club
The K9FUN Store is heading to the Yellowstone Valley Kennel Club’s 3-day agility, obedience and rally trial in Laurel at the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch. Lexi is in full-blown heat, so I had to pull her from Open obedience and agility… and Corbie is getting a break from AKC-style agility so we can work [...]
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Bozeman, Montana
From the Bozeman Daily Chronicle “Police reports”, Monday, July 10, 2010 “Two St. Bernards and two other dogs were rolling a large PVC pipe across Cameron Bridge road at 9 a.m.” Maybe there were building an agility course?
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Choosing a marker word
A clicker and a marker word do the same thing but they are not the same. A clicker is a unique sound, not duplicated elsewhere in the dog’s environment. A marker word is very effective, but its use is dulled by the constant flow of words the dog hears. Nonetheless, a marker word is far [...]
Miller Ridge Cosmic Corbie MX AXJ XF
I wasn’t expecting it, so when I got an AKC certificate in the mail tonight, I wasn’t sure who it was for. But when I opened it, it was Corbie’s Master Agility Excellent title! Yeah, Corbie!
Police dogs in the news
Candidates for the Darwin awards? Alleged cocaine dealers, running from police who witnessed the drug exchange, ditch their car, only to run straight into a group of 15 K9 handlers and their dogs at their monthly training session. Read more… http://www.komonews.com/news/local/98146069.html
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Service dogs in the news
People are using loopholes in service dog laws to get around various municipal pit bull bans. Because federal law supercedes state laws about service dogs, pit bull owners are saying their dogs are service dogs in order to keep them. There are no federal certification requirements regarding service dogs, but there are laws about what [...]
Teaching Zappa articles
So Zappa’s tracking is looking pretty good, for the few times I’ve been out this year, but I’m convinced from past failures that if you wait too long for articles, they will forever be viewed as an interruption of tracking by the dog, even if good things happen at them. It may be to that [...]
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