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Precision Heeling and Games – Finding the Balance Point
I love precision heeling. I love seeing a dog heel with a perfectly parallel body, not moving out of position even an inch, pulling up on the left turns and powering through to the right. I also love heeling games! I love how they add energy, flow, and confidence to...
Your dog made an error. What do I do RIGHT NOW?!
You cued your dog to something and your dog did something else. Or maybe your dog did absolutely nothing at all. Now what? If you stand and wait quietly then you are teaching your dog that silence means they are wrong, or maybe you will teach your dog that whenever...
Counterconditioning, Distraction food or distraction training?
Counterconditioning is a staple of behavior change. In a nutshell, it means associating something that elicits positive emotions, like cookies, with something that elicits negative emotions, like a monster! That monster might bring up a variety of emotions from fear...