Control Unleashed Day #2

Today we did some advanced CU exercises with the dogs that have been doing CU for a while. Some dogs where in the beginning stages of CU and were not able to do more them some beginning mat work or LAT. There was one dog that was to concerned about everything and was not able to relax at all.
My friend and I went out to dinner with Leslie and Bill. She told us that she was impressed with how we have helped our dogs to cope with live, training and trialing. Tomorrow I will help with a private lesson and audit three others.

Control Unleashed Update

Today was a great day at the seminar.
The working dogs got to do some"box work". There were ten dogs and all have different issues. This was geared to the basics of the CU program.
Nothing was expected of the dogs, just to see how they would react. Leslie would show how the owners could get them engaged using the Premack Principle, "Toss the Treat" game, GMAB game and suggested targeting to get dogs to stay engaged and be more operant. She really enjoyed Ryddick and took the treat and played with him.
Tomorrow we will be doing more advanced work.

Control Unleashed Seminar

Only a few more days until the CU Seminar. I love the book. Leslie has brought together some techniques from different resources and made it into a "program" that is easy to follow and it works. My favorite is the T-Touch. I have used it on my horses many years ago and it also helped Rylie with her knee and hip problems. Ryddick enjoys the different touches very much, too.I am really hoping this seminar will make an impact on people. There are far to many dogs that get treated using harsh methods. Not just chokes and prongs, but a correction can be very devastating to a dog that needs patience even a mild one. There seems to be a sense of hurry and impatience in this dog community. People ask themselves: What can the dog do for me? when it should be: What can I do for this dog? Actually very sad. I have started the 4th CU class last Tuesday and it has been a suggess. At the last Pocatello trial four CU dogs have earned new legs and three have earned new titles in Agility.I can't wait to meet Leslie.

PKC September 26-27-28

Raygen qualified in all three of his JWW runs. I was very please with his speed. He even placed 3rd on Sunday. Standard was a different story... one run he knocked the panel jump, on the other run he didn't make the contact of the A-Frame and I am not sure what he did the first day, but it could have been the contact on the Dog-Walk. Only minor mistakes, but we are going to train and we will be ready for December. No more trials here and I am going to a Flyball tournament in October instead of Ririe.

Training Treats #2

Here is the second video of how to make training treats that are all natural and homemade.

Pet Chart

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I was notified this morning that the video has been selected to be in the top Pet Chart list. What a great honor to be selected by just posting on youtube. View my other youtube posts on http://www.youtube.com/user/Astrid66us

Training Treats

Why make it complicated when all you do is cook the liver, cut it inot littel peices and use a treats. No messy blending of the smelly liver, no mixing in fillers. Just plain all natural liver.
How to make liver treats.