Reinforcement Choices in Heeling

Today I wanted to see what I had with Brito’s heeling. Here’s an unedited video: After you teach the pieces of lovely heeling, You have to string them together. At that point, I use my choice of reinforcement (food or toys) and the positioning of those...

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...

Two and a half dogs – Juno

I’d like to introduce the current canine members of my household – not only are they a huge part of my life, but  each has contributed greatly to my current ideas about training for competition. My plan was to start with Cisu; after all, she is the oldest....