by admin | Jan 17, 2018 | Dogs, trials
There is always something interesting going on at trails. This last weekend I was at a trial up in Washington. Between running my dogs I was watching others run their dogs as well as visiting (one of those runs was my wife Trudy’s winning pro/nov run with her...
by admin | Jan 7, 2018 | Dogs, Training
I see it all the time, people who spend months, and even years on a behavior. I have to give them credit. It takes a lot of dedication to put all that effort into a single behavior. One common example is people who have dogs that are nervous around people. I watch...
by admin | Dec 20, 2017 | Dogs, Training, trials
I was talking to someone the other day. They were telling me about a pup they had placed. They were pleased with the placement. As we talked about what made them happy the subject of work vs training vs trialing came up. Uh Oh. The dreaded conversation. This is one of...
by admin | Dec 17, 2017 | Dogs, Training
There are two words that stifle success. The first is “I”. The second is “Can’t”. Put them together and you enhance your limitations even more. I remember working with a person. I asked them to ask their dog to yield. Everything stopped....
by admin | Dec 16, 2017 | Dogs, Vaider
Vaider is soon to be 10 years old. It seems he is beginning to slow down. The dog I knew as the energizer bunny is not as energized as he once was. Now don’t get me wrong. He is not done. Things just takes a little longer than they use too. He is a little slower...
by admin | Dec 15, 2017 | Bull, Chuck, Dogs, Vaider
A friend of mine took a photo a number of years back. It was my dogs lined up at the edge of my pick up against the tailgate. They were waiting to get out of the pick up. I have for years taught my dogs that if the tail gate is up they are to stay in. I would like to...
