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Laura Waudby

Blog post: Why I No Longer Guard the Reward

Published about 19 hours ago • 1 min read

I wrote a new blog bost! This post on why I no longer try and guard the reward or distractions from my dog. They get the free cookie if I mess up! It forces me to split my training better and actually teach them what I want them to do.

And in turn, I found that the dogs were getting less frustrated, more confident, and actually being successful on the first attempt versus needing to test to see if they can have it first.

Thanks everyone! And now how to find my training:

  • ​Free Ring Confidence group on Facebook
  • June Classes, Open now!
    • ​Bye Bye Cookie: Learn how to teach the dog to leave the reward to get the reward! Build an eager partner without rewards in your hand. Dog sport prep for training skills (like sends!) and trial prep.
    • ​Gloves and Go Outs: Go out are my absolute favorite behavior to teach and there are so many ways we can split it to work on things like: locking in to a target, learning to go between 2 tempting distractions, how to interrupt a send, etc.

And follow me on the social media platform of your choice to try and catch all my daily training videos. I hope they inspire you to try something fun with your dog!

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Laura Waudby

Hi, I'm Laura, a dog sports enthusiast and online coach! I train and compete in obedience, rally, and agility. I am passionate about building motivation and focus in dogs that struggle in training or trials. Follow me on social media for daily training videos of my dogs and cat! And please hit the subscribe button to my newsletter to keep in touch!

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