Completely off topic
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in not poodles | Comments OffIt's 104 degrees (Fahrenheit) here today. The dogs are lazing around. We're not training, because I may be nuts about agility but I'm not nuts enough to spend half an hour in an extremely hot barn to train. I just ...
The Surprising Effects of Regular Training…
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffNow that I'm done moving, and the Columbia Agility Team has accepted me as a member, I have regular training times. Thursdays I work with Debbie, and I have barn time on Mondays and Wednesdays. Some Sundays I squeeze in ...
Start-Line Stays…
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 Posted in training | 1 Comment »Everyone who knows Elly knows that I have no (zip, zero, nada, not-no-way-no-how) start-line stay with her. Of course, I said that to Debbie, and what did she say? "That's a training issue." Okay. Throw a challenge in front of me, ...
Karen Pryor’s Newest Book
Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in training | Comments OffI am a HUGE fan of Karen Pryor. I subscribe to her clicker training newsletter; I've reread Don't Shoot the Dog! a zillion times; I think clicker training is THE way to train dogs (and people and other mammals). So ...
Contacts…
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in life with poodles, training | Comments OffI have been working contacts with Dancer for a long time now, and I think I'm really really close. She understands her job, and about 75% of the time, I get a good contact. I mix up the methods: contact ...
Are poodles unusually smart?
Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffLately I seem to have run into a lot of people who have heard that poodles are the smartest dogs. Most of them seem to be accompanied by beagles or labs and I'd like to think they're slightly envious. However... ...
I work with a training genius
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI feel so fortunate to work with Debbie Berkley of High Voltage Agility on training Dancer. I talked with her about the baited plates, and she added a bit of finesse. "Bait the plate and call her off immediately when they ...