Let’s All Focus
When training we use cues. They tell the dog which behavior we want them to perform. As the dog’s training progresses, the cue can indicate more than one behavior. Or the cue indicates the start of an exercise and then we use additional cues for more behaviors. All BEFORE we mark and reinforce. There is […]
Realistic Expectations
My ultimate goal when trialing is to have the same dog in the ring that I have in training. A dog that is happy and joyful and having a blast. I think we all want that. And we train really, really hard for a very, very long time to get that. And then we compete […]