Part of the reason I enjoyed keeping a blog in the past was the ability to share my goals, mostly because I’d flake on them if I didn’t have a written record of what I promised. So today, on the last day of 2015, I’m going to write out my goals for each of myContinue reading “Goals for 2016”
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Puppy Training Plan
I’ve been asked recently for my puppy training plan, the behaviors that I think are the most important for puppies to learn. I train behaviors in a certain order, mostly grouped by the conceptual training categories. Each behavior builds off the concepts learned by a previous behavior. This is by no means a concrete plan.Continue reading “Puppy Training Plan”
Conceptual Training
Over time I have noticed that certain behaviors are easier to teach to a dog that had previously learned related behaviors. I also noticed that dogs who had previously learned behaviors that were similar to a new behavior that I was teaching ended up with a crisper, cleaner version that required far less polishing andContinue reading “Conceptual Training”