If you struggle with getting a release off of toys or bite objects, or if you just want a sophisticated look at a dog‘s motivation around toys via fight, possession, prey (chase) behavior, and getting cooperation (release or toy return), watch this video. Obviously,...
Motivation Part 2
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...Motivation – Part 1
Some days there is so much information to be shared about a topic that when I start to write, I end up with a great big mess. A jumble of ideas lead to other ideas, and to other ideas and next thing you know, I want to write a book. And having just finished a book...What is a Motivator?
A motivator is something we want; most of us can answer that pretty easily. In the world of competition dogs, however, I often see something that is really confusing to me. I routinely encounter people who are using rewards that their dog does not want, in order to...Systematic Problem Solving
Trainers often say that they don’t need to know why a problem exists in order to fix it; they simply look at the behavior and address it. I disagree. I find that identifying the underlying source of the problem is critically important, otherwise the trainer is...Obility – Teaching the Retrieve over High Jump (ROH)
Here’s a simple video showing how I’m working on Lyra’s retrieve over high jump. She knows how to fetch. She knows how to jump. She knows how to stay. She has a reasonable clue about fetching over a jump in the outbound direction, but definitely...