A friend of mine told me about some dog podcasts to listen too… and finally I downloaded a podcast receiver and checked them out.
Currently I’m listening to Canine Campus, and the podcast on Calming Signals.. yes, from Turid Rugaas, and I’m enjoying it quite a bit.
She talkes about how dogs may freeze as one of [...]
February 22, 2008 – 8:08 am
In my continuing pursuit of finding a reliable, solid, positive way to clicker train the flyball box, Tatum is being my experimental dog. She is so smart. She is doing great with her mat. I’ve changed the criteria so now she has to lie down on the mat, as I want that to [...]
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Cynthia Blue [My Barks!]
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Also posted in Clicker, Flyball, Tatum
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Tagged Border Collie, Box, Clicker, Collie, Flyball, Obedience, Rear End, Tatum, Training
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February 5, 2008 – 12:49 pm
One of the core training techniques with clicker training is called shaping, or free shaping. There is also micro-shaping which is amazing to watch, and the clicker expo had a presenter… Alexandra Kurland who clicks with horses. And in a nutshell, she shapes the horses to carry their bodies, with a rider, so that [...]
February 4, 2008 – 12:52 pm
I am home. I am amazed. I see the world, dog world and the rest of the world, in a completely different way now.
I get clicker training now. I get it. I hope I continue to get it. I know that as my experiences are no longer sharp, that my memories fade and [...]
February 1, 2008 – 10:34 pm
Well I am at the clicker expo! And I found free internet. Not wireless, but the hotel has wired internet access in their computer room so I hooked up and here I am.
I am amazed at the clicker expo. The first speaker I watched was Ken Ramirez and not only does he know his stuff, [...]
January 30, 2008 – 9:20 pm
Okay so tomorrow afternoon I am flying outta here and heading to the Clicker Expo in Los Angeles. I am excited. It is Friday through Sunday. I’ll fly home Sunday night.
Not only am I looking forward to learning a heck of a lot about clicker training, I’m looking forward to it being 60 [...]
January 23, 2008 – 6:39 pm
It’s strange, teaching a dog how to play with humans. It’s so natural for them when they are puppies. But if it’s not nurtured and encouraged, appropriately, it can fade. Or if it has been a bad experience for them, they will avoid it.
Chase just naturally plays with people. And he loves tug. [...]
January 21, 2008 – 8:15 pm
Since my post about Cesar Milan a while ago, and the comments I received on it, I wanted to post again. Not about Cesar… really. But about one of the comments (maybe more than one of them).
Someone said that Cesar is more a dog psychologist than a dog trainer. I have said, for as [...]
By Cynthia Blue [My Barks!]
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Tagged Agility, Border Collie, Cesar Millan, Chase, Clicker, Collie, Flyball, Herding, Obedience, Reinforcement, Sports, Training
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January 9, 2008 – 11:32 am
Okay I finally had to do it. All the controversy about Cesar Millan and I had never seen his show. I don’t have the National Geographic Channel so I rented some of his shows on Netflix to see what I thought. I only got one DVD, which is fine, and I’ve watched about 3 [...]
September 30, 2007 – 6:42 pm
I enjoyed the seminar this weekend. The days were too long, and yesterday, Saturday, was rainy, even snowy, and too cold. We moved indoors in the afternoon because it was pouring rain and even snowed. It was still cold, even with 5 layers of clothes on. I couldn’t find my winter jacket. Hrmph.
Chase did [...]
