New training videos

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New videos on our channel! Take advantage of free training advice from our you Tube Channel, where we are showing THE PROCESS – and not the end results- to help you creating the dog you want- for free!

New Puppies

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This breeding season has been successfully produced strong and healthy litters. Stay tuned for notifications. Pages with pictures will be uploaded very soon.

How to train my Puppy-FEEDBACK is key to success

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How to train my Puppy-FEEDBACK is key to success   That applies to every living creature! Behaviors are improved -or not depressed by receiving immediate feedback. The German Piñata is such a great example for the necessity of giving feedback! It is called “Topfschlagen”! At the kids birthday party they select one kid. They blind fold it, give him/her a wooden cooking spoon and twist him around, so he gets… continue reading

How to crate train your dog

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How to crate train your dog It is of great necessity to crate train your dog. You will eventually have to put him in a crate as you can not supervise him 24/7. The crate is the only way to keep him and your furniture safe! See it as if you are creating a comfortable house or a den for him versus a prison cell. Start out by tossing his… continue reading

Dog Training Place Command

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Having your dog going to a designated place and stay there on command is very helpful when you want him to be out of the way. When you answer the door, you can have your dog on place and not bother anyone. At the same time he is readily available to protect you! At dinner time, he should be on his doggy bed and not begging at the table. In general it… continue reading

How to use the clicker as a marker

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How to use the clicker as a maker, after it is conditioned? After the clicker is condition to be the marker, it is used as the secondary reinforcer! Pay attention, it is not a replacement for the reinforcer itself. It identifies the particular behavior the dog is doing at the moment it hears the click, so the actual reinforcer can be delivered afterwards. The clicker always has to be followed… continue reading

What is positive reinforcement in Dog Training

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What is positive reinforcement in Dog Training Find the best reinforcer for your dog at a particular time or in a particular situation~ Reinforcement by definition, is making something stronger…..just like the pillar under a bridge! Positive Reinforcement is used in Dog Training to make behaviors stronger and more likely to be repeated. If a behavior is continuously reinforced, it is more likely to reoccur. It is getting to be… continue reading

Our Dog Training Environment

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Here is a quick insight of what our dog training environment looks like. Created for most concentration, very little distraction – if any. Created the class room environment for dog and trainer where the mode is “I want to learn” ! Things need to work right here first- before they can be trained outside the classroom and under uncontrollable distraction. Within the training environment, distractions that you want to introduce are under… continue reading

Creating the Dog Training environment

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Creating the Dog Training environment Creating a dog training environment is the second step after a relationship is created. Once the relationship has been established, it is very helpful to have a location that sets the training mode. Besides the trainer now being a source of good things and information, the  trainer should establish a place that is also connected with the hope that good things are happening here. The trainer… continue reading

Important tips starting clicker training

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Don’t ever break the promise. If you click- you have to feed, even though it might have been the wrong moment. As long as you realize it was wrong, you more likely learn to be sharp! If you break the promise, your dog will start looking for other, more reliable information to know that now the reward is coming. Click- pause- treat! Do not fuse the click and the treat… continue reading