Fenzi Food For Thought

Dice gave a perfect example of controlling his behavior without impacting the underlying emotion. This goes along with the fact that we can control external behavior but we need the learner's cooperation to change emotions. Take a listen; this one is short. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

It is critically important to know the difference between an emotion and a behavior. Changing a behavior to look the way you want does not mean the dog's emotion has changed. It means you changed the behavior! Are you sure that's what you want? Are you sure you understand what you've done? Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Handling errors of impulse, quality and understanding! There are many reasons why dog make errors. In this live, I covered the three that showed up in my training session that morning: errors of impulse, errors quality of work, and errors of understanding. They are different, and require different approaches. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Guest Sharon Carroll and Denise chat about sensitive dogs I have spent a lot of time talking about dogs who express arousal through high levels of energy, movement, and sometimes even aggression. Today I talked with Sharon and we looked at another kind of display; dogs that are also experiencing great arousal, but who internalize that experience through freezing, low energy, or simply poor performance. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

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