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Jun 12, 20228 min read

Stressed out dogs

I have been going to more agility trials this year and I still find it both hard to watch the stressed dogs in the ring and fascinating...

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Aug 21, 20194 min read

Verbal Cues

There is a current trend in agility to train your dog to respond to a verbal cue for behaviors such as wrapping a wing of a jump, finding...

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Aug 5, 20196 min read

Training (in the ring)

I made a debut with Brandie in agility today at an ASCA trial. She is a Border Collie who is 3 weeks shy of 2 years old. I really was...

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Feb 7, 20192 min read

Fading reinforcement

How and when to fade primary reinforcers such as food and toys is one of the hardest things for people and dogs in performance sports. ...

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Jan 6, 20195 min read

Tale of two sisters

While I would never wholeheartedly recommend getting/keeping two puppies from the same litter... I am enjoying having both of these...

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Jan 2, 20194 min read

Responsibility

Much is said about responsibility in dog training. There is putting responsibility on the dog and there is putting responsibility on the...

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Dec 9, 20186 min read

When and how to start trialing in agility

As the dogs start to do full height contact obstacles and to do all the weaves people start to look ahead to agility trials. If they...

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Dec 3, 20185 min read

Adolescence and dogs

Loved going to the seminar by Chris Pachel a couple of weekends ago. He talked quite a bit about adolescence and dogs and the parallels...

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Dec 3, 20182 min read

Annelise's Blog

I am bringing back my blog on my website. I have been training dogs since 1990 when I started doing obedience, agility and herding. I...

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