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!
For fans only (Freya fans!)
Freya is working on so many things right now I thought I'd give her a full recap just for her! (Plus I slighted her on my December training video email by not including her!) This is for you Freya fans! I have to say that I'm so proud of how well she's not just eager to train but actually sticking with it more when things are a bit tough. We still have sessions where she just can't do anything but rub, but mostly she's excited to go and gets mad when I don't do an evening session! Recent Videos!Footstall! I was inspired by another trainer to teach a footstall! She was mad when I ran out of treats in this session! (Spoiler alert: We have it now! Just haven't finished uploading the video to my tiktok feed!) Freya is learning how to pivot clockwise! I want to teach her heeling on the right side once she knows how to pivot in this direction. This foundation is important for your fronts too! And a progress update on teaching her to get into my side! I'm having so much fun with Freya learning rally type of heeling! I haven't yet mixed in position changes and stays, but this type of doodle heeling is fun! We're also working on that skill of backing up in heel! Freya knows how to backup when facing me, to her target at least. And she's done a tiny bit of backing up in heel as we were working on her pivoting skills. But the consistency of it just isn't there. Plus she's super confused if there's no target! Fancy Malinois, or fluffy kitty? So hard to tell! Upcoming February ClassesRegistration opens January 22nd for the next session. 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! 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!
September was a calmer month for us! We are fully moved into the new house, and resumed more of our normal training. Ravioli also started a new extra fancy food, Elemental, to help with his IBD and *knock on wood* it is going very well! He continues to eat it and *mostly* is opting in to training with it. Huge difference from the hydrolyzed dog foods we have tried. I think it will be awhile before we know how much his struggles with training are due to associations with not feeling well vs...
Hey all, here's another quick post from the Ring Confidence Facebook group: Something I hear a lot from handlers prepping for a trial: "I've been doing a lot of run-throughs to get us ready." And I get it. It feels like the right thing to do. You want the dog to know what the full thing feels like. You want to know if it holds together.But when you run through your exercises in sequence without rewards, you're testing. You're not really training. Testing has its place. I do mini run-throughs...
Hey all, here's another quick post from the Ring Confidence Facebook group: When a dog is stressed at a trial, the instinct is usually to calm them down. Slow things down, keep things quiet, wait for them to settle. But lowering arousal to an optimum level doesn't always look like calming. Sometimes our bodies need motion to regulate itself. Think about what we do when we are the ones that are anxious. We might bounce our knees. Tap our fingers. Twirl our hair. We can't sit still. And while...