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What am I teaching? Part 2

by Denise Fenzi | Feb 14, 2013 | Musings

Hey, you guys are really really good! Here’s a follow up video with a decoy to illustrate what I was teaching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y44nQDICsc I went into training with the plan to work on her transport pivots – specifically her response to me...

What am I Teaching?

by Denise Fenzi | Feb 11, 2013 | Musings, Raika

Several years ago I watched a person train a dog is a sport I’m very familiar with. For the life of me, I could not figure out what the human wanted the dog to do – that’s pretty bad when it’s my own sport. The dog was paying the price with...

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