New month, and not a ton of new things this month with the dogs!

Loot is still working on his strong fear of dogs barking and we're trying out some different medications.

Ravioli is 8 months old! And likely in another sensitive period as he learns he's ok in busy environments, and that it is actually ok to run to preplaced toys again! Ravi reminds me so much of Loot as a puppy and how he holds on to little things and just wants to cuddle when unsure!

And due to some major house stress with not having water in our house, we moved in to my parent's for 10 days! That meant little Helo got to have a lot more training sessions with me and his videos from our adventure will be rolling out next month.

New Blog!

And in case you missed it, I have a new blog post up for agility on rewards placed to help sends!

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Surprise Distractions

I have a Ring Confidence training group on Facebook!

I posted on working with distractions, especiall on "surprise distractions" the dog doesn't see us set down.

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And then this post berating the food robot. At least as a starting point ;)

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November Training Videos

Here are 8 videos from the past month's daily uploads of training. Just click on the picture to be taken to youtube. (And if you prefer the unedited versions, head to facebook or instagram!) I hope these videos give you some helpful tips to try or inspire you to train something new!

First Ravi is working on following my handing to get to the reward. Here he's doing a recall to my side before getting sent to the dish!

Loot is working on discriminating a send to a tunnel vs wrapping a wing.

Helo (my regular visiting puppy!) is working on pivoting into heel!

Ravi is at the anticipation stage of learning position changes! He has a decent offered foldback down and I've added a cue. He doesn't yet know the context clues in when he can offer and when he can wait.

Helo is working on an offered drop of his toy and starting to give me eye contact!

Ravioli is starting to have some energy for catching up to me on heelwork circles! And really this is a lot more than just foundations for pretty heelwork. Learning to catch up to me and move with focus is a huge help in agility even though he won't be quite so close to me!

Helo is working on foundations for teaching an independant backup to a target. He's at that "stretching" stage where he's learning to keep commitment to the target! And bonus that it also is a great exercise for solid agility contacts!

And Ginny is working on her threadle wraps using a toy by the wing and a landing pole. I've done a bit with a sit platform too and I think I'll need to go back to that to get her to adjust her takeoff. But it's better than it was!

Current December Classes

Class is starting now!

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. 2 working spots left!

Bye Bye Cookie: Hello Remote Reinforcement!

Competition Obedience is Fun! Position changes, pivoting, scent articles, backing up, and more!

TEAM 1

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! And join my free facebook group on building ring confidence for dog sports!