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Overcoming Overwhelm: Training Your Puppy for Success in Modern Dog Agility
The sport of dog agility has dramatically evolved within last 7-8 years. If we look at contemporary international competition courses and the performance of top athletes — it is very easy to get overwhelmed and frustrated with...
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Reinforcers are not Rewards
Am I being pedantic? I could be, and am completely open to that, however, when we dive into the world of force free training we need to choose our words wisely. My point being, if we go into the space of using words like...
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Nothing Taught By Force Stays In The Soul - Plato
If you work with dogs, the quote above will either make you smile, or wince. The world of dog training is often greatly divided on the use of force and regularly it brings people to heated argument, where ridicule and...
If your dog had a theme song, what would it be?
This is where I wonder how my brain works.... honestly, so many of my friends post up video of their Agility runs, the music is usually fast and boppy and yet I know that this is only 35 seconds of their life with their...
Separation Anxiety, Choice, Cues: Don't Leave Me This Way!
I’m currently sitting on a plane looking out over Griffith on my way to Adelaide, reflecting on two days with Peta Clarke at Mount Murray Farm, our home in the Southern Highlands.
Having a dog with Separation Anxiety is new...
What on earth is a Location Marker Cue? And how does it relate to choice?
In the last seven months, Marker Cues have become prominent in our training here, and thankfully something the dog world is talking about more in relation to our dogs. And for me this links closely to our relationship with...
Reinforcement, if you leave me, can I come too?
Last week, I made a comment that I didn't want to 'go down the rabbit hole' of reinforcement and relationship in that blog post. Why? Because it is a huge topic and I think people who train dogs, are prone to beating...
Relationships and Reinforcement, how good an observer are you?
How would you define your relationship with your dog/s? Last week in our blog, 'When Food and Toys are not Reinforcing', we looked at how knowing our learner is key to finding out what is reinforcing. I guess for me, my...