Today's short blog is all about being accountable. So what has being accountable got to do with dog training?? For me being accountable is making sure I'm training the skills I want to train each day / week. It is so easy to get busy with everyday life and dog training can sometimes get put [...]
So I wanted to write a quick blog about something that I see is a problem in dog training and that is when the handlers are constantly looking for perfection when training.. In other words the finished article / behaviour. For example : Loose lead walking / walking to heal. The perfect sit and wait. [...]
So I thought I'd better write a little update as so much has happened in the past week! We are back from a fantastic training camp down in Devon hosted by the company I work alongside, Absolute Dogs. It was a brilliant week, packed full of training and learning, not only for our own dogs [...]
Look what we got! Yes, yes I did have to have a little celebration drink, I had been waiting for this to happen for months - finally a clear round at the UKA Agility competition! I think I am still a little bit in shock being as I was doubting if I should even go [...]
OK so today I feel like this: Last night I had a testing time with my oldest dog Milo at agility training. Milo's problem is not the equipment itself, he often confidently does that without hesitation or error, Milo's problem is his excitement! He loves agility so much he sometimes gets himself so exited he [...]
