When I was a new dog owner, I thought all training was positive reinforcement based and I had never heard of or seen aversive training techniques. My parents, who lived in the Vancouver area at the time, were eager to adopt a Beagle mix named Cooper. To ensure a...
Hi Everyone, Sorry for the delay (gasp, it’s been nearly a month) since posting last, and entering, and competing at my first Rally-O Trial. For those that follow me on Facebook and Twitter well you know Petey did just fine – two runs, and he earned his...
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...
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...
