Here’s a short update! Petey had kennel cough (or perhaps just a cold) for a week so not much training until recently. But he’s as good as he’ll be for this weekend so we’re done. All that’s left is to make sure I don’t choke. This...
(This is the next blog post on interesting things I learned from the recent PABA Conference at the University of Guelph. See Part 1 to learn about it plus Dr. William “Deak” Helton.) Before I begin let me confess two things: One, I absolutely love watching Schutzhund....
I just came back from the third and final day of the Professional Animal Behavior Associates symposium for 2011 – this year, the presentation was focused on working dogs (search and rescue, detection, etc.) I’ll let you read about the lineup here. The PABA...
Quick update! With two weeks left to go, here’s what I’ve gotten done so far: All of the basic behaviors are at a decent level of fluency I actually did drive to the trial location in Barrie and did a class there, just to see if Petey could work in the...
Today was my 2nd day having a chance to work with Petey to get him ready for his Rally Trial… now exactly 1 month away. CARO Rally Novice is actually a pretty simple class with a fairly short list of behaviors. There is one though that has been missing from...
