Brito update

by | Dec 29, 2013 | Brito

Go ahead and admit it; you’ve never seen such a cute little dog in your entire life:). Here we are working on some heeling, fronts, and the very beginnings of sit in heel position.  He is just beginning to hand me the metal scent article; separately he has...

Brito Ring Prep

by | Dec 19, 2013 | Brito

I took Brito to his weekly ring prep class today.  A miracle happened. For two minutes and fifty three seconds, he stayed in the ring with me and focused on his job.  He did not run off to visit dogs outside of the ring.  He did not  leave work to look for a promising...

Brito – Finding Fronts

by | Nov 26, 2013 | Brito

Brito is learning to “find” fronts – first on his own and then with a dumbbell. He’s wearing a leash to prevent him from running off to pee on the bushes.  He is very fond of peeing on things lately. Note that I no longer click for retrieving...

Brito five months general training

by | Nov 1, 2013 | Brito

Here is an eleven minute training session of Brito from this morning.  You can see a variety of things. Shaping with a dumbbell.  I normally hold it because he tends to put his feet on objects sitting on the floor.  That is not a habit that I want to encourage. (...

Happy Birthday Lyra!

by | Aug 6, 2012 | Lyra

It’s Lyra’s birthday! In honor of Lyra, this is not a training blog; it is simply a training session to show where were at in terms of skills, play and drive when she trains at home. There are five videos here; they start as I take her out of the yard to...

Lyra – Four months

by | Dec 6, 2011 | Lyra

Most of my training time with Lyra is really structured play – play that gets me the behaviors I want with maximum joy and energy. There are also a few skills that are more easily mastered when the dog is calm.  For these, I use food as the reward.  Food leads to a...