I recently had someone tell me, “Clicker training works for your dogs, but my dog is too stupid to learn. She can’t even figure out how to walk down the stairs; there’s no way she could learn to do tricks. She’s just dumb.”
Think your dog isn’t bright enough to train? Keep reading.
I’ve just returned from Clicker Expo, and every year it’s the same — I come away feeling excited, energized, and full of the recognition that I’m really a slacker.
So tonight I sent Shakespeare to fetch a dinner bucket, as I often do. We feed the dogs in steel pails. Both Shakespeare and Laev will retrieve buckets when necessary; Inky will happily carry her…
So tonight I sent Shakespeare to fetch a dinner bucket, as I often do. We feed the dogs in steel pails. Both Shakespeare and Laev will retrieve buckets when asked; Inky will happily carry her bucket full of food to a more private dining area, but she as yet has no idea that it can also travel empty. That’s Inky….
I’ve stayed up waaaaay too late tonight editing video, but I did want to post this…. Because of weather, we trained in the barn again tonight. It’s a big, unheated building, full of stored.. stuff.…
This is so important, it needs its own post. http://btoellner.typepad.com/kcdogblog/2010/01/2009-dog-bite-fatalities-final-report.html This is a review of the fatal dog attacks of 2009 and their data — the breeds involved (16 breeds in 32 incidents), the common…
This is so important, it needs its own post. http://btoellner.typepad.com/kcdogblog/2010/01/2009-dog-bite-fatalities-final-report.html This is a review of the fatal dog attacks of 2009 and their data — the breeds involved (16 breeds in 32 incidents), the common…
It is said, and rightly so, that instructors should continue to learn unfamiliar things so that they stay empathetic with their struggling students. This week, I learned to ski. I had been skiing before. My…
I read something today that just absolutely blew me away. “…it’s true that these breeds love fighting so much that we could discuss about whether dogfighting is — in the case of these breeds —…
Saturday morning I took Laev to training and introduced her to a bitesuit jacket. She didn’t have much hesitation at all in transitioning from a sleeve to a suit; I was almost suprised at how…