Manufacturing the Approach
The concepts of On and Off can be taught quite quickly by marking the off and tossing a cookie. The dog leaves the Spot to go grab the cookie and then…
Reward Placement is a key aspect of dog training, dog sports, and plays a unique role in dog frisbee; articles by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.
Disc Dog Flatwork: Oppositional Feeding
Oppositional Feeding is a technique that I have been using for some time now to slow my dogs down a bit and get them to settle in and work away from m…
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…
Expanding the PVR
The way the Pawsitive Vybe Ribbon is constructed, our dogs are likely to mistake the PVR for a simple Go Around. If we look at the...
Reward Placement for Spot Training
Reward placement is key in teaching a dog the Spot behavior. The reward must be delivered so that the dog can maintain position on the spot. Reward pl…
A Typical Foundational Positioning Session
A written explanation of a sample Foundational Positioning. Quick sessions, super successful... Less is more.
Reframing Canine Understanding : Doorways
Change your dog's understanding of doorways from 'staging area' to 'destination'. This little reframe save you and your dog a lot of grief at the door…
Zig Zag for Big Leaping
Here's Apryl & Kiva working on a zig zag for big leaping. Notice the intent that Apryl throws with...
Reward Placement
Reward Placement is a key aspect of Dog Training. The Dog goes where rewards happen.
Reward Placement and Dog Frisbee
Reward placement and dog frisbee: The dog will go where the reward happens, plain and simple.
Four Principles of Positive Training
These are standard Positive Training principles with a little Pawsitive Vybe flavor added to them – and the mindmap is just really cool. It’s a…
The Cookie Process
One of the goals as a professional dog trainer is to have a simple, accessible philosophy that can be communicated easily and applied fairly simply…