Fenzi Food For Thought

The reality is, in most dog sports 70% of your time is spent waiting for the judges direction, moving to the start of an exercise, etc. Relatively little time is spent with the dog doing work. Have you trained the dog for this reality of a lot of waiting and relatively little doing? This live talks about my thoughts with my own dog, and how I plan to start working on this for our team. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Are these developmental possibilities in a dog? Heck, are they even about the other, or are they about the one doing the describing? Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Can you separate what your dog sees, hears, smells and feels? Splitting these factors apart can help your reactivity training go faster. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

It’s OK to be frustrated with your dogs behavior. And sometimes it’s OK to change the dog’s behavior so that you can be more comfortable. But that doesn’t mean you’ve changed how the dog feels.   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

In this live, we talked about how the placement of reinforcement impacts both precision and attitude. We considered this both in the realm of pet training and competition dogs. We talked about how to do a Cue transfer, considered dogs that are good candidates for luring versus shaping, and touched on the impact of patterns vs unpredictable choices in our work. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

What things do you teach your dog? Why do you teach these things? How about your clients? Do you change your expectations for different dogs in different circumstances? Why or why not? We explored these issues in this live.   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog   More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

I think preparing for Dog sports competitions is one of the best ways to push your dog training skills. We talked about that here! How to avoid perfection paralysis.   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

It’s OK to give a motivator to a dog who has made an error. This episode is all about that process. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog   More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

We talked about setting, raising, and lowering criteria. Using the concept of foundation skills when setting criteria, and problem-solving, with an eye towards how to shift criteria.

In this live we discussed barking in a variety of contexts, and some options you may have to resolve it.