Tag: obedience

Puppies later this fall !

by pyrwild, posted in breeding, Onnea, photos, updates

My long awaited first litter will be this fall !  My first litter has been a looong time coming & this combo has been several years in the making !   The planning started in 2020, both Pipas and Onnea have passed their health testing with flying colors in the meantime & I have imported frozen semen from France for the breeding.   I am very excited about this combo !!  Onnea is an excellent bitch who is very dear to my heart & Pipas is a handsome, open young male with two very talented parents.  His mom competes in agility & his dad competed in French ring, herding & agility.

Both poil long and face rase type are expected from this combo.  Very traditional in type.  Puppies will be black or harlequin.   Please see the Litters page for additional information this litter & my breeding.

The beautiful & talented future mother… 💘

In other news, Zae has earned his Open Obedience title (CDX) and earned his last leg with a WIN in the Open A class !!  So proud of him.   There are only a small handful of Pyrsheps who have earned this title.

Here is some video of his winning run.

Zae is very close to this Pyrshep Verstatility MASTERS award !  The highest award through our breed club… and we still have plenty of titles on our ‘to-do list’ 😵  He truly is an exceptional dog who is extraordinary at everything he does.  I am beyond proud of him.  💕

KC International Agility Festival 2017

by pyrwild, posted in photos, trial results

Thanks much to Ifan Griffiths for the fantastic photos from KC Fest._MG_1804-2_MG_1814-2_MG_1838-2_MG_1840-2_MG_1865 copy

5 MINUTE TRAINING SESSION W/ ZAE: Working & Strengthening Foundation Skills

by pyrwild, posted in training articles & videos

 

This is a 5 minute raw video with brief comments about the training.  This training session was 5 minutes total–including playing and rewarding dog.  The session wasn’t necessarily planned; I just wanted to share a raw recording of what an average training session with my dogs looks like.  Short and productive.  Zae practiced different foundation skills and through rewarding skills were reinforced and strengthened.  Throughout the session Zae practiced a variety of skills and stayed engaged.  By practicing and enforcing these skills as a the bulk of my training the skills in turn stay strong.  For example, things like the teeter or wraps that I like to almost constantly reward–especially in sequence when they are really beautiful/what I am looking for.  A motto of mine is reward what you want to see more of.  Jackpot it when it’s especially perfect and amazing !! 🙂

All the skills in this video, and the strong working relationship I have with Zae comes through my every day training and quick practice of skills like this.  The basis of most of these every day exercises I do with my dog is available in my Skills and Relationship Building online course.

 

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.