Some Thoughts on Teaching in Drive
A dog that is engaged in drive is often hard to handle and gives many good discdoggers fits. It is important for handlers to be able...
Tag: Drive Management
Managing of Drive is a key element of dog training, disc dogs, and dog sport; articles on Drive Management by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.
Attention and Targeting
Attention and Targeting are the basis of team based work. Without these skills teams don't function very effectively. Shaping...
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…
Transferring from Treats to Toys
Reinforcement will be in the form of tossing the toy, when the handler wants some space, or a bite and tug on the toy when the dog...
Humor, Repetition and the Classical Condition
Yesterday, I did a piece on Reframing the Dog’s Understanding of the Door. A couple of the comments pointed out some gaps in the one…
Crate Games with Tala
This past weekend we did some work with Mary & Tala in the pasture. Tala has a hard time controlling herself around active dogs
Economics of Distraction
Rhythm has a tendency to explode into the environment when he's asked to work - marking everything, sniffing everything, hustling up on people, etc - …