Problem Solving: Go back! and…

I wrote this for the TEAM Player Facebook group but thought I’d throw it out here as well since it applies to all dog sports. When you’re struggling to get a behavior, try this: “Thoughts on problem-solving for TEAM: Are you “Stuck” on a...

Selecting Criteria

Two weeks ago I talked about criteria – decide what is important to you and hold the line. Now I’m going to tell you one more thing, since it might appear that I have a lot of criteria for one young dog.  In reality, I only have one criteria for Lyra. I...

Training Criteria – proofing

Last week I talked about my criteria for trialing.  Many of you will be surprised to learn that I was only holding her to one criteria – the fact that she did excellent work was a bonus.  I’ll get back to that topic in another week or so. This week...