Last weekend I went up to Cleveland to attend a judge’s seminar for AKC obedience/rally. I’ve intended to go for at least 10 years and never made it until now! I’m really glad I took the time to go. While judging AKC obedience/rally is not my goal – I do Read more…
Recently we had our first seminar for 2018! One of our training friends, Fanny Gott, came to visit. She’s now come so many times that I’ve lost count – but this was our first time doing an agility seminar. We had two days of agility and then were able to Read more…
We’ve had all kinds of exciting things happen over the last 3 weeks. Last weekend we went to a tracking workshop presented by someone who owns some of Griffin’s relatives. Her dogs have been very successful in AKC tracking (following the scent of a person over varied terrain). Her presentation Read more…
I knew of Jane from her older book on dog training When Pigs Fly: Training Success With Impossible Dogs (though I’ll say it’s mostly just dog training, appropriate for all kinds of dogs!) I knew of her Puppy Culture DVD/program, but was not very familiar with it.I have an unscientific Read more…
A few weeks ago we had Denise Fenzi back again. We had a half day on engagement, half day of heeling games, and Sunday was ‘Handler’s Choice.’ I’ve seen Denise present twice before, but it’s been a few years. It’s fun to see so many people enthusiastic about training. Denise Read more…
In the middle of the trip we had a chance to attend an agility seminar! This wasn’t a planned part of our trip but was a great opportunity . We did two half days with Isabelle Emanuelsson and Jouni Orenius. The set up was excellent – the seminar host had two Read more…
We got to go to another seminar! Two days this month! The last time I spent this much time at agility seminars was 2005 – yes, 11 years ago. I know I need to go to more agility seminars. This one was to see Steve Schwarz in Youngstown at a Read more…
I haven’t been to an agility seminar in many years! A few months ago we got an email that a past student was hosting a seminar. This student had been taking classes here while in school and now was working in a veterinary practice – that also now does training! Read more…
Tonks went to her first training seminar a few weeks ago. And then the following weekend we got to do even more training together at a Self Control seminar with Fanny Gott. We’ve heard variations of this talk several times before, but we can always learn more about self control. Read more…
Over the weekend we did our first seminar together! We were at the training center for a Shaping seminar with Fanny Gott. We spent some time working on her heeling and retrieve. Saturday had a lot of auditors and I was very happy with how attentive she was. And Sunday Read more…