Dog tricks applied intelligently and incorporated in your day to day activities
Just as a thought experiment: think about what your dog already knows and how you could chain these things together to teach him any of the activities in the video!
Posts by Elisabeth
Isis has a new brother
Bear is just learning his basic skills, Isis of course knows many tricks. She is very happy when she can take part in Bear’s lesson. Look at that smile! Bear…
Busy lives
We love our dogs. But we are so busy. We are texting, e-mailing, making calls, running errands, going to work. All these obligations. With our hectic life styles: how realistic…
Will is expanding his repertoire
First we worked on opening the cabinet door and then the opposite: closing the door!
Georgie is enjoying his new skills so much!
Who knew that sitting was so much fun? I can even sit when other dogs are around!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
May 2013 be a healthy and happy one for you and all your doggie friends!
This blog post by Roger Abrantes ties in so well with my own thoughts: see my post about “what I love about positive reinforcement”
I love reinforcers and am not ashamed of it:) Personally, I have a problem with the use of command in dog training for several reasons. A command implies the obligation to execute a behavior…
Merry Christmas
Lolabelle was my first musical dog client! Her enthusiasm for the keyboards was unique. I never tire of watching her videos. I wish you and your doggie friends a wonderful…
Inadvertently and why?
Sadie and Mya are remaining in sit position even though I have moved away and behind them. This is quite difficult because dogs always want to know where you are.…
But my dog isn’t listening….
sit Here’s an example: Say I’ve been working with a young dog for six months on sitting when asked. We’ve proofed the behavior in a million contexts, and Fido has…