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Happy 4th Birthday Zae !

by pyrwild, posted in trial results, updates

Crazy to believe my little skipskap is already four years old !  It was his birthday dec 19th.  What a special little dog he is- I am so glad he decided to be mine.  🙂

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Does 4 years old mean it’s time for puppies ? 🙂 

Zae has really transformed a lot in the last year and we’ve really begun to strengthen as a team.  We have two days of competing this weekend up in Washington and am looking forward !  He’s been doing super in training and I am feeling quite inspired. 🙂  Counting down to tryouts…

Video from our last trial earlier this month.

And a video from our trial in Eugene last month- both Mayhem and Zae did super !!

Teeter Tune-Ups begins Jan 17th ! For more information and to register for class click here 🙂

The Agility Resource & Community is coming soon…😱click here

I am now booking for 2019 seminar and workshop dates 📆 please Contact Me with interest ❤️

Some Heel Upgrades w/ Zae

by pyrwild, posted in training articles & videos

Lately I have been working on some ‘heel upgrades’ with Zae.  Doing so by playing around with little things seeing what we can do and what works best for us.  The ultimate goal in mind is always to clean up and make his heel even sharper.  I also decided to start to actually train a fun go to heel position.. still in very beginning stages but I am pleased so far.  Also, very happy with how sharp Zae’s turns are getting as I was looking to get cleaner, crisper 90° turns with him.

This little trick is a behavior I never ever actually trained with Zae.  I asked him to do it one day and from there we just started doing it. 🙂  He was just able to quickly figure it out because of all the foundation skills we train. I am intending to use this behavior to further clean up his heel. In the end, I want those sharp turns with a dog who stays nice and parallel to me.  I am also hoping it will help him pay more attention to details like my legs instead of just staring up at me with his goofy face and not paying true attention 😋  The beauty is in the details – training dogs is so fun !

I am currently accepting more online students !   This includes one-on-one personal classrooms with custom learning modules and feedback.  Let me know what you want to learn or improve and let’s get to work. 🙂

Teaser video from Skills and Relationship Building Course: Using Pressure and Frustration in Training

by pyrwild, posted in training articles & videos

My Skills and Relationship Building course is a really fun little self-study with feedback with modules of content and exercises that build many important foundation skills for anyone interesting in dog training or sports.  These are quick interactive things to do with your dog.  I initially built this course as a food bowl course because they are quick easy to things to practice with the dogs meal–even in a hurry.  I use the little games featured in the course daily with my dogs.  Not only does it built a very strong set of foundation skills it also strengthens the bond with the dog.  It builds his engagement with you.

Here is a clip from the course that demonstrates how by building this skill you can use pressure and frustration in your training to build engagement and drive incorporated in many ways.

To find out more about PyrWild’s online courses and training please visit the Training page.