Curving for Collection
This drill combined with short toss and short to medium interception type catch drills can dramatically improve a dog's patience...
Drop with Prima and Hops
Here's Hops and Prima working on their drop skills. Both of them do not drop particularly well. We do some freeshaping of the Drop and cuing the Drop …
Attention and Targeting
Attention and Targeting are the basis of team based work. Without these skills teams don't function very effectively. Shaping...
Vault Tosses – Learning a Horizontal Hover
Our dogs pressure us with their movement every time we throw a vault. Their movement and timing affects the throw...
Paying the Release
Paying the Release of a duration behavior is important as duration is defined by the Release. Without the Release, duration can't happen. It's also im…
Working Multiple Dogs Sample Session
A sample session of working multiple dogs on taking turns using a pedestal.
Working Multiple Dogs | The Working Dog and the Distraction Dog
We have the Working Dog, the dog holding the duration behavior and a Distraction Dog(s) that is doing stuff.
Working Multiple Dog | Principles for the Working Dog
Set Position When we set the working dog on their Spot or Pedestal, it would be a good idea to use a very high rate…
Working Multiple Dogs | Principles for the Distraction Dog
The Distraction Dog is not very important to this exercise. This dog is simply used as a distraction for the Working Dog’s duration behavior. The…
Attention and Drop as Secondary Reinforcer
Eye contact in the presence of a disc earns the opportunity to bite the disc. It's brutally simple and effective for keeping dogs off of the handler a…