Dog Trainer's Log

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Entries Tagged ‘shaping’

Negotiating through CRAP to shaping

Feb.28, 2010 in Training 3 Comments

People love rules. And dog trainers love routines. Can you remember those old obedience class homework handouts: practice 15 automatic sits, heel forward with three left turns and three right turns, practice two fasts and two slows, practice sit/stay for three minutes and down/stay for five minutes on lead with distractions. I can. Taped each [...]

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Madison offers a game…

Jan.29, 2010 in Training 1 Comment

It happened so fast that I couldn’t capture it on film. I said, as I’ve said to the southern belle several times a day for the last 38 months, ‘Where’s your toy? Go get a toy!’

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I hope you enjoy these notes about the dogs, the cat and our lives together. Work is a little crazy right now and life is always at the mercy of the unexpected, but I still manage to sneak a few minutes of dog (and cat) training into each day. You can also find me over at Syracuse Dog Training Examiner, reporting on central NY dog events. Thanks for stopping by!