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Category Archives: Dog Sports
Getting Creative
Being an artist, I find a great deal of joy in being creative. I find this is easily applied to dog training as well. As a clicker trainer, the bread and butter of my training is clicking the behavior I … Continue reading
Struggle
It seems no matter how hard I work, focus is still an issue for Risa. While it’s true that I really only realized the depth of this issue once we started competing regularly, it’s always been a problem. I remember, … Continue reading
Posted in AKC, APDT, Dog Sports, Fear, Rally, Reactivity, Susan Garrett, Training
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Accomplishments
I know it seems a bit early to be celebrating a year’s accomplishments. It’s not even December yet! But we’re done trialing for the year so it seems like an appropriate time to recap the year and commend all the … Continue reading
Posted in AKC, APDT, CAT, Dog Sports, Fear, Lure Coursing, Rally, Reactivity, Training
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Significant Improvement
This past weekend, I had planned on finishing up Risa’s RA title in AKC rally. Having done some APDT rally earlier this year, I discovered that Risa does actually enjoy competing in rally. It’s just the show environment that is … Continue reading
Posted in AKC, Dog Sports, Fear, Rally, Reactivity, Thundershirt, Training
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Just What We Needed
With the date of our next rally trial fast approaching, I’ve been spending a lot of time working with Risa on her focus exercises. We’ve spent almost 2 months now working on focus at heel, fronts, and other rally behaviors. … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Free Time, Uncategorized
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