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!
Ditch the platform and teach fancy front pivots
Hey Reader!, This last week I did a daily training challenge of working fronts with my crew- 3 dogs and the cat. Arlo and Freya were new. Ginny has fronts that (usually) make me feel like I know what I'm doing. And since this fall, Loot at least no longer melts and thinks fronts are a horribly tricky exercise anymore. But he still needs a lot of work! As I was helping those who posted along with me, I decided that a blog post was necessary! So many people work on front platforms but struggle to get rid of it. And admittedly I don't have the skills to help them fade the platform either! That's because I do very little work with sit platforms in my training. Platforms can be a great tool, but I do best when doing more active training to show the dog what I want. And that means front pivots. A pivot perch helps the dog be close and tells them it's a rear-end exercise. But it doesn't 100% structure them to be right. I know that as trainers we love structure!! So I break down the skill of pivoting in front. I want a high rate of success, but I also want that thinking dog in a way that using a platform doesn't get me. Ditch the Platform & Teach Fancy Front Pivots
February ClassMy Novice prep class starts February 1st, I'd love if you would join us! Gold spots are full, but still room to join us at silver or bronze! Upcoming Workshop!I'm bringing back out my marking workshop! The skill of looking straight ahead before sending is needed in 2 obedience exercises: go outs and directed retrieves (gloves). But it's often used in agility at the startline too! Save the date for registration 2/22, with the workshop released March 10th! Tandem Dog Sports |
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!
Apollo has just finished his last days with us as I completed his service dog evaluation and training "boot camp." He has continued on to another long-term foster, but you will continue to see a few videos of his training as I go through my phone! And big news for my family is that we are unexpectedly moving houses (still staying in Minnesota)! Very busy last 2 weeks as this opportunity came up, and will continue being crazy the next few weeks as we move into a temporary setup to get our...
Ginny went to the Midwest Cup this June. This is a hard trial for her, as it's loud in multiple rings, but she truly did quite well and even managed to sneak on the podium in the biathlon! Ravioli's still going through diet changes to try and help him feel ok. It makes training pretty darn limited as he often doesn't feel up to it, even using toys. I made this post on Facebook for a general update And Loot will be doing a local agility trial this weekend. His first time back trialing at this...
Thank you all who said you were ok with me cross posting the Ring Confidence facebook post group posts here! Magnet Hand Have you taught your dog to keep their nose glued to the food, even when you're moving? I talked about this in a recent post on helping our dogs not sniff, and I thought I'd make it into its own post. Magnet hand! For some dogs, this practically comes pre-installed, and you don't have to do much for the actual teaching of it. And for other dogs, you really have to work hard...