Susan Garrett’s newsletter

Susan Garrett has a newsletter that she sends out with various dog training tips.
You can sign up for it here.   She has helpful tips and articles on her clickerdog site as well.  go check it out.

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Keeping a dog Focused on the course

Dogs can be funny, they can train perfectly at home or at a training club…but add the excitement, noise and bustle of a trial…and that self same dog can turn into a completely different dog.  A dog that barks, that doesn’t listen, that acts like it has NEVER seen a tunnel before it’s whole entire [...]

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Inexpensive Weave Poles and Jump Standards

Cindy found an inexpensive make-do weave pole set! I found some electric fence plastic 48 inch tall step in plastic poles that are perfect for me to use for training at home. A good picture should be at Deer Fencing.
She only paid $1.85 each at TSC (Tractor Supply), so a set of 12 [...]

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Dogs Weaving in Poles

Dogs who know how to do weave poles tend weave either by single tracking or hopping.
Dogs that single track go through the poles using their front feet individually as they go through the poles.  Dogs that hop, well….they hop!   They use both feet and alternate hopping back and forth between the poles.
Of course then there [...]

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Here’s a good site

Instant Agility. It’s a blog that talks about agility equipment design and how to perform the obstacles.
Most dogs love to work, and agility gives them a challenging and fun “job” to do. It can be a casual way for you and your dog to have fun in the backyard, or an intense activity performed [...]

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Canada Day is Here, Fourth of July is coming

Remember many dogs DO NOT like fireworks. July 1st can be one of the  busiest day of the year at animal shelters around the country. Pets are usually found miles from their homes, confused, disoriented, exhausted, and often times injured.
Here are a few points to keep your pet safe during fireworks [...]

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Have Faith in Your Dog

Written by Lisa Flowers for use in her dog training classes.
H = Have a PLAN before you begin to teach your dog something!
A = Always expect the same behavior-ie..sit always means sit!
V = vary your training sessions and keep them short! (5-10 minutes)
E = expect to experience the behavior you reward!
F = follow thru with [...]

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Basics – Teach a dog to come

Teaching a dog to come, or teaching a good recall, is a tool that EVERY dog and owner should have in their tool box.
Why?

It could save the dogs life
It saves you steps of having to go get the dog all the time
It makes teaching games like fetch a whole lot easier

Variety of ways to train [...]

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Basics – Teach a dog to sit

I was out browsing the blogosphere… and learned something…something that I think is fairly basic, isn’t.  Some folks don’t know how to teach a dog to sit.  So I thought, okay… why not do a series on some of the basics of dog training.  Things like sit, come, stay, down, loose leash walking and so [...]

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Rear End Awareness Exercises

How does one teach their dog that they have a rear end?
Some dogs who only go for leash walks seem to not realize that they can do stuff with their rear end.    When I first learned this, and then saw it, I was stunned!  How could a dog get like this?
I’ve never had, nor [...]

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