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How To Improve Your Rally-O Runs

It’s been since 2002 that my dog McCoy and I entered our first trial in competition Obedience. After that, I did both Rally and Obedience with all my dogs. When I started out, I really knew very little about what I was doing. Let me re-phrase that. I knew nothing. We did OK in the… Read More How To Improve Your Rally-O Runs

February 11, 2020March 13, 2022 All Dogs Are Smart

Teaching The Stacking Pods

We all know that some dogs take to certain behaviours faster than others. Many of us want to believe that is it intelligence that causes this. I have another suggestion: The dog is not super motivated to do small, repetitive, unusual actions to accomplish something that doesn’t seem too interesting to him. When a dog… Read More Teaching The Stacking Pods

January 19, 2020March 13, 2022 All Dogs Are Smart

Teaching Your Dog A “Consent” Behaviour

Most of the time when we humans interact with our dogs we have the mindset that what we say goes. The dog must comply with our wishes even if it is something that the dog dislikes. This especially applies to things we HAVE to do to our dogs such as vet visits, nail clipping, grooming,… Read More Teaching Your Dog A “Consent” Behaviour

December 11, 2018March 13, 2022 All Dogs Are Smart

Heeling Made Simple – The Front Foot Target

There is confusion about the definition of “heeling” as it pertains to dog training. The original meaning, and correct one, refers to the formal heel, which has been used in competition for decades, in both retrieving and competition obedience. It was also traditionally trained with force. The dog was collar corrected each time he went… Read More Heeling Made Simple – The Front Foot Target

January 24, 2018March 13, 2022 All Dogs Are Smart

Preventing Mobility Issues In Your Livestock Guardian Dog

This article was originally published in December 2017. Since then I have learned much more about conditioning my dogs and how to prevent injury by taking many classes on the subject. While I am still not a vet or a canine physiotherapist, I am sharing my knowledge so that others can possibly learn from my… Read More Preventing Mobility Issues In Your Livestock Guardian Dog

December 13, 2017January 15, 2022 All Dogs Are Smart

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My dogs were listed as #42 on the dog breed intelligence list. Not accurate in my experience with my own dogs and my client’s dogs.

So I set out to find why this was and dispel the myths around training certain dog breeds. I changed my attitude and my training method and life with dogs became more fun.

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The information that is found on this blog is not a substitute for a training plan put together by a professional that you hire to help you with your dog’s behaviour. All dogs and humans are different. Training for each dog should be approached from that point of view. The information on this blog is for my dogs specifically and is intended to show how I have trained and worked with my own dogs, not as  instructional content for the general public. Please consult a trained and/or accredited professional dog trainer for your own dog’s needs.

I am also not a veterinarian or canine physiotherapist. The information regarding conditioning and health describes my own dogs experiences and is not intended to instruct or diagnose anyone else’s dog. Please consult your own or an appropriate vet before starting a training or conditioning program for your dog.

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