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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!
Ravi just turned 5 months! I don't know how he keeps getting leggier than he already is! Loot is still on a hiatus from trialing as we work through his fear of dogs barking that started this past February and quickly got bad. Medications are helping to some degree, and we are working on box feeding in certain conditions. Here he's working on doing his box feeding while a dog he knows is running in an agility seminar and doing only occasional barking. This pitch of barking isn't his main...
Ravioli just turned 4 months! He's a sweet boy who would currently rank his top 2 motivators as snuggling and toy play! And like most sighthounds, he is sensitive soul who wants to climb inside me when he's unsure. Right now we're slowly building skills with food and doing as much foundation work as I can with toys as his motivation is so much higher! We dont have a high number of "skills" taught, but I'm pretty happy with where he's at right now. His biggest challenge remains being...
June is always a big change with the kids being out of school, and now this summer I have a new puppy! Ravioli is shaping up to a be a relatively easy puppy, although we are still working on crate and xpen quietness! Making huge progress when he knows we're home. Not so much when he thinks he's alone. So far cuddling and toys rank very high on his favorite list. Food not so much. But as of right now he is doing a better job of going from a short amount of food training to toy play and then...