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Crooked fronts? Try this simple drill
Straight and close fronts for dog sports competitions can be a challenge for a variety of reasons. Some dogs sit too far back; they feel the pressure of our bodies and they want to avoid it, so they hang out just a bit further away than we want them. Or maybe they...
A few early puppy training lessons
There are many ways to start a puppy or young dog on the early skills required for dog sports. This video demonstrates two useful things - 'choosing' to work and the start of heel work. In this video, puppy Kismet (11 week old Dutch Shepherd) and her mom are having...
Pre-Engagement and Engagement webinars!
I'll be teaching two webinars for Fenzi Dog Sports Academy (FDSA) on Thursday evening. Consider these webinars if: Your dog struggles to engage with your training plans the second you step out of the house. Your dog struggles to maintain engagement if there is no...
Food refusal for dog sports
One of the exercises in Ringsport is food refusal. This was fun to teach! We're not done yet, but here's our current progress with small slices of hot dog - next up will be bigger chunks: Here are the steps: 1. A solid down stay. 2. Cue "leave it" and throw a...
Distraction Training with Elements of Engagement
This video shows my young dog Dice in a field with active gophers. I want to work. He wants to dig them up. Here you'll see a combination of distraction training with my Stages of Engagement. I want him to choose to opt-in but that's not easy under these...
