If you google 'chocolate labrador white undercoat tail' you'll see many people have asked this question over the years on various forums. I have...
Charlie is a horror for both of these - or was, I almost think I can say (not by his performance at his last group lesson though, he got it in his...
Oh yes, one of the reasons I bang on about it (probably far too much! :D ) is I would love to have both my dogs in harnesses all the time. I...
Betsy is SO like Charlie it's scary. :D Although this time round, I'm prepared for it....and doing a lot of things differently. Tonight on the...
The thing is, if you saw Charlie wearing his harness, you wouldn't think there was anything wrong with him. Indeed he would look like a normal,...
My puppy does this time to time. There are two main reasons (in her case). The first is that she is just taking in her surroundings. She is just...
I don't want the treat to be part of the cue. :) With Charlie, he ignored the verbal cue, and the throwing of the treat became his release. Which...
Neither is choking them on a collar or even worse slip lead. :D
Charlie is 3.5 years and I'm still waiting for him to morph from terrible teenager into a sensible grown up! :D I keep holding out for it though,...
As Fiona says, there are massive benefits to using them. And it's obviously possible to get dogs to be fine with them, Mags manages with her guide...
That's a good point, Joy. I see in the video of Betsy that she moves her shoulders on the Re of Release and then moves back until she hears the...
I don't use punishment though. :) So I don't say no. I also don't want to repeat my sit cue. So, empty fields first break down the training into...
First, you have to take the placeboard and repeat the whole training out and about. There is no getting round the need to proof your placeboards....
