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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.
Tag Archives: Obedience training
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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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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Heeling: ATTENTION & FOCUS
An obedience intensive: Day 2 HEEL has several components: ATTENTION & FOCUS, POSITION, RHYTHM, SPEED, ATTITUDE BEGINNING HEELING DEVELOPS OUT OF ATTENTION STATIC WATCH — FRONT STATIC WATCH — SIDE These are different concepts for the dog. Don’t get stuck working on static attention for too long, as it becomes more difficult for the dog [...]
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Lexi CD RN
Lexi earned her CD and RN at the Gallatin Dog Club / Helena Montana Kennel Club dog shows. Her scores were good, but she lost points for exuberance … but I’ll take exuberance any day! And, even though the judge (Miss Bonnie Lee) took TEN points off the top for barking, she earned her first [...]
Pitfalls of Luring