Walking into the competition ring comes with pressure! Petra and I talk about how to create a positively conditioned emotional response to pressure... and how to prep for Utility with your obedience dog!
This year is the 6th anniversary of the founding of the Fenzi TEAM titles program — and we take a look at how it's grown and reveal a new, up-and-coming addition!
Julie Symons joins me to talk about nosework, obedience, and the pros and cons of training for multiple sports!
Description: Sara Brueske joins me to tell me why she teaches toy play with food — and all the benefits that come with it.
Description: Shade comes on the podcast to talk about training toy behavior to create cooperative play, and the process of shaping heelwork.
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Amy teaches three different classes, each with a very different approach — in this episode we talk about the what and why of each.
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Today Jake and I talk about all things Bitey Sports and how being told it wasn't possible to train a dog for Mondio without the 'traditional' tools for the sport led him to do exactly that.
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Heather joins me to talk about the AKC Canine Good Citizen program — including what it takes to go from the original CGC test to the newer, more advanced versions.
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Interested in learning more about herding - but want to approach it from a positive training perspective? Barb and I talk all about what that means in today's podcast episode!
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Sharon and I chat about what it means to train an atypical dog — what it looks like, and how these dogs end up that way.
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Today we talk heeling with Nancy Gagliardi Little — where people tend to get stuck, why, and how to get back on track and keep moving forward!
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In this episode Deb and I talk about the overlap between zen work and cooperative care, plus Deb shares what, why, and how consent can be important in your training.
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Skills are only the most obvious thing you need to train before trialing — in today's episode, Ann and Shade talk about the additional skills you need both inside and outside of the ring to compete successfully.