Denise Fenzi

Lyra 7 months - Jumping

Lyra is becoming relatively fluent on her current skills, so it's time to add something new to her repertoire.  This week I introduced some basic jumping skills. There are a...
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Lyra - 7 months Distractions

Yesterday’s blog was the sad tale of my failed training attempt. In short, Lyra stood on her back legs and screamed out her frustration – she wanted to go visit...
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Lyra - 7 months

Have you ever had a training day where absolutely everything went right?  Where you wished every person who'd ever said an unkind thing about you could be there to watch?...
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Raika - Verbal Discrimination

Raika is contemplating a return to the sport of Schutzhund (now IPO).  We never earned her schutzhund three title; mostly because I got distracted with AKC obedience and that became...
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Lyra - 7 months - "mark" vs. "attention"

Lyra is now seven months old. In addition to close in attention, I'd like to have an explosive send away as well.  This is useful for retrieves, go outs/send out,...
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The "other" Emotions

Emotions are part of dog training.  We cannot escape them, nor should we try.  Indeed, when it comes to the "positive" emotions, I'm a big fan of making sure the...
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Lyra - 6.5 months - Scent work and Distractions

A week ago I posted a video of Lyra working on heeling with significant distractions on the field.  I allow her to find the distractions and to discover for herself...
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Lyra 6 months - distraction training

I do not consider distraction training to be a unique stage of training; it is part of the overall process.  Distraction training starts from the day I bring a puppy...
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