I use treats for almost all of my training sessions, most all dogs are food motivated, and you can provide a wide variety of exciting treats for your dog. So why treats over toys? I am not against toys, and I use them sometimes in my training sessions depending on the needs of my dog.Continue reading “Treats vs. Toys”
Author Archives: Amanda Nelson
And….Wait! Again!
I had posted a previous blog about how I use the Moving Wait as the core of my distance training as well as using it for impulse control, this post will expand on that concept. https://fmagility.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/and-wait/ So one of the first things my dog’s learn as puppies is to do a Moving Wait, it isContinue reading “And….Wait! Again!”
And….wait!
People who know me, also know that i LOVE moving waits! Both my dogs Nargles and Try are taught moving waits right at the beginning of their agility career. I use them almost all the time, training and trialing both. A moving wait is great for building confidence in dogs as well as working onContinue reading “And….wait!”
Train, Play, Repeat!
Most of the time when i ask people “how long do you train for?” i get lots of different answers, some may have short training sessions that only last 5-10 mins once a day and others may have longer training sessions that last 30 minutes with short breaks during the session. The length of a training session dependsContinue reading “Train, Play, Repeat!”
The secret to my success
First lets define “success”, everyone has a different idea of what success means to them. For some it may be earning a title, winning a championship, running a course clean or just getting past obstacle two. Just because one’s person’s idea of success may be to win the championships doesn’t mean that the other person’sContinue reading “The secret to my success”
Walk away man….Just walk away
Frustration. Its that dirty word in agility that no one wants to talk about. Trainers don’t get frustrated with dogs while training, if a dog isn’t learning something; then us as the patient beings that we are should help our dogs through their issues with a smile on our face. Well, that doesn’t happen forContinue reading “Walk away man….Just walk away”
Is it okay to change your mind?
For the past few days I have been starting Nargles on her weave poles, i had trained Try using sets of four poles with wires on them, so that is how i started with Nargles. As i was watching my video clips of her weaving i wasn’t liking the way she kept following the panelsContinue reading “Is it okay to change your mind?”
