by Denise Fenzi | Oct 7, 2012 | Lyra
Here’s a very short video of Lyra making a mistake on her “stay”. I don’t ignore the fact that she breaks, but I go to great lengths to keep her engaged, even though she’s made a mistake. This is particularly important in this training...
by Denise Fenzi | Aug 28, 2012 | Generic training advice, Musings
I often reward a dog that has made an error in training. This is seriously counter intuitive, since most of us know that the way to increase a behavior is to reward it, and the way to decrease a behavior is to ignore or punish it. So why on earth would I reward a...
