Weekly Training Update (April 17)

I’m swamped with work, so I didn’t get to do much scent work this week. I tried capturing some of our struggles on video, but it’s really hard

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Weekly Training Update (April 10)

For several weeks now, Lilly has been in a funk. Showing more fear around the house, getting easily upset by somewhat normal things, and just not being her

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Weekly Training Update (April 3)

Lilly’s trip to town Sunday went better than last time, where noises conspired against us. She never went into flee mode from fear, but there were several times

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Baseline Training for Fearful Dogs: The Relaxation Protocol

Does the Relaxation Protocol work to teach dogs to be calmer? We first began using the Relaxation Protocol in fall of 2007. Back when I first posted these

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Weekly Training Update (March 27)

Between taxes, errands, magazine deadlines, and other grown-up concerns, we didn’t do much training this week. Katie is on activity restrictions at home due to a puffy wrist,

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Weekly Training Update (March 20)

Thursday went sideways on me after Lilly suffered tummy upset … all … over … the … house, while I was on the phone. After spot cleaning and

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Weekly Training Update (Feb 27)

I’m finally starting to feel somewhat normal again, despite a few stray coughs and sniffles. But, I spent most of this week catching up on work that didn’t

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Weekly Training Update (Feb 13)

We continued to use public training moments as our proving ground this week. Here’s how our first hike of the season went. Last Saturday turned out to be

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Weekly Training Update (Feb 6)

We had a pretty mellow training week for a number of reasons, but Lilly did have two play dates with her pal Katie. And, in our ongoing study

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Weekly Training Update (Jan 30)

This week Lilly, the intrepid protagonist of our ongoing canine love story, went to a group pet obedience class with our big-picture trainer and mentor in all things

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