Small Steps In Dog Training And In Life Since this is my last blog post of 2016 I thought I would be a bit philosophical and discuss life as it is represented by dog training. I don’t usually feature videos on Friday, but this one inspired me because it is very useful to those of… Read More Small Steps Leads To Big Training Progress
I often see dogs who have trouble with two things when playing the sport of disc. ONE: The dog can’t reliably catch the disc. TWO: The dog can’t reliably return with the disc. These are easy fixes if you do the work (like I always say). In my featured video this week I explain the… Read More Canine Disc Training – Starting Out
The Sport Of Canine Disc Is One-Half Human For those of you who play canine disc or disc dog, there may be something that gets you annoyed more than anything else – throwing the disc. Yes, the human part of the sport is just as important as what the dog does. If you are thinking… Read More How to Throw A Disc For Your Dog
This week’s featured training video is on Canine Disc or Disc Dog. I am working with Miranda on the compulsory behaviours for a freestyle routine. One of these is an over the body jump. The dog must jump over the handler’s body or body part and in our case we are working on over the… Read More Disc Training – Over The Body Jump/Catch
Emmett, my large (63 lbs) Australian Shepherd has severely injured his ligament in his right knee. Actually, now both are injured but the second one is almost completely torn off. This happened by accident (ha my fault) although I don’t know HOW specifically. I let him run a little and as normal, he went wild.… Read More Injury Forces Training Adjustments
