http://www.willsitforfood.com A Blog about Dog Training Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:43:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First Session: The Secrets of Top Working Dogs: Teaching decision-making skills with Steve White A great inside look at the importance of developing fluent behaviors in working dogs. Steve showed and discussed examples of police dogs, SAR dogs and service dogs. He uses R+/P- to train police dogs and the resulting ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=44 Because, I think about this alot of the time, though realistically, my next dog won’t be coming along for at least three to five years. It will be interesting to see if/how the list changes. The current list: 1. Portuguese Water Dog 2. Border Collie (yeah - I limited the search to red ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=43 The other day I started working on Sue Ailsby’s scentwork with both Katy and Ellie. The first step, at Level 3, is taking a single item and placing a piece of food under it and then letting the dog find the food. I used both a towel and some big ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=42 Finally! The vet sent Katy’s blood up to the lab at Michigan State for a comprehensive thyroid level test. She’s definitely hypothyroid and we started her on levothyroxine yesterday. I’ve got my fingers crossed that in a few weeks, I’ll have my “agility Katy” back. She loves the sport but ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=41 I’m reconsidering Ruff Love. At least, reconsidering the concept of Ruff Love. Ellie definitely needs boundaries that are consistent. However, I’m finding the program hard to maintain to the letter because of my job responsibilities and the limited number of available hours during the day. The major issues that I need ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=40 L2 Distance - Dog goes out around pole from 2′ away L3 Distance - Dog goes out around pole from 4′ away L3 Front - Dog hits center line of front ray diagram at least three out of five times L2 Handling - Dog allows for handling of feet, tail and ears. Minimal ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=39 It’s about time I do this Level One Homework. Ellie has tested up to level seven on some of the behaviors and still haven’t completed MY homework. Five things I hope to accomplish by training the levels: 1. All around good behavior from my dog(s) 2. Increased awareness on my part in the ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=38 Ruff morning after a ruff night. Katy was trembling from either fever or pain from the infection in her foot. Ellie just had to hang out and rest or sleep in her crate. We did have a nice cuddle session last night before I went to bed. We played with ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=37 http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=36 7:30am - Walk around the block. Worked on LLW. Today wasn’t quite as good as Ellie seemed kind of excited. Plus there was a considerable amount of squirrel activity going on. Though, she did pretty well with the squirrels - sitting and hoping that I would release her to go ... http://www.willsitforfood.com/?p=35