Motivation Part 2

by | Sep 4, 2013 | Lyra, Musings

Oh, things are going well around here.  Very well. Here’s a video – Lyra has had three or four training sessions since my last post. Things Lyra has learned in that last three sessions: 1)  Work from the training yard can be rewarded with a trip to the...

Impulse Control

by | Aug 20, 2013 | Lyra, Raika

Unlike my prior dogs, Lyra has had almost no impulse control training.  That’s because she rarely wants anything badly enough to experience the conflict between cooperating with me or taking what she wants directly.    The things that Lyra wants badly enough to...

High Drive and Impulse Control

by | Jul 10, 2012 | Training Videos - not my dogs

There is a relationship between high drive dogs and issues with impulse control,  because higher drive dogs care A LOT about getting what they want.  From my point of view this is a good problem to have, but sometimes a handler is overfaced; their dog is more...

Lyra – 9 months – Active Stay

by | May 15, 2012 | Lyra

Now that Lyra has some  nice drive to work with, I am teaching her an “active” stay. In my training there are two types of stays, and they are distinctly different. A “passive” stay is boring.  Nothing interesting is going to happen, so go...