Category Archives: Training

Hard Work Pays Off

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Jamie

This weekend, Risa finally earned her AKC Rally Advanced (RA) title. We’ve been seeking this title for a while. Almost exactly a year ago, Risa earned her RN in AKC Rally. Since she seemed to be doing so well, I … Continue reading →

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The New Year

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Jamie

Last year was pretty awesome for Risa. She had plenty of opportunities to go lure coursing, attended training classes, got to meet up with friends, traveled to various trials and seminars, and competed more times than ever before! Ris also … Continue reading →

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Getting Creative

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Jamie

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 →

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Consequences vs. Corrections

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Jamie

I don’t train with corrections. Corrections, to me, imply that the dog is doing something wrong. As far as I’m concerned, if my dog doesn’t comply with my cue or otherwise ‘misbehaves,’ I probably haven’t trained that behavior to the … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Jamie

I’ve always wanted to do a short movie with Risa. Ideally, I would have liked to have done it with more than one dog because I think it would have been more interesting. But Risa makes that sort of difficult. … Continue reading →

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