Fenzi Food For Thought

How do you build toy play in a dog with limited drive? You can use arousal. But there are caveats! This live explores the difference between building toy interest using drive versus arousal. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

“But does your training work on a ___?” Fill in your breed of choice. This short live looks at exactly that. What determines whether training will work with a given dog in a given situation? *Note: The Auto Leave It webinar through Fenzi Dog Spots Academy mentioned in this live has now passed, but look for other offerings coming up on the schedule at the time of this release. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Conversation is an exchange of ideas between people who behave respectfully. Listening is the name of the game! Educating is something else. Educating assumes that one knows more than the other, and is not likely to be appreciated by another with a different world view. We need more focus on conversations and less on educating. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

It makes me sad when people say medication is a last resort. It creates needless suffering in your dependents. If you would cheerfully give your dog pain medication for a broken leg, please recognize that mental pain is also suffering. This is true for people and dogs, and leads to tragic results in people who remain unmedicated and who can’t find their way. Dogs just suffer - they can’t advocate for themselves. We can do better by our pets! If your dog’s quality of life is impacted by fear, anxiety, or extreme emotions of any negative type, consider medication along with training. Not as a last resort but as a kind addition to the dog’s well being. There’s nothing to be ashamed of when you help your dog live well.   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

So much of the distress in the dog industry is misunderstanding. We’re talking about different things - and suffering so much as a result.   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

If your dog finds it aversive when you withhold reinforcement in training as a natural part of the learning process, re-evaluate your training. The game of training itself, the puzzle, should keep the dog well vested, regardless of whether or not each moment in time is successful. It should not feel aversive to the dog whether a reward comes or otherwise.   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

The focus of this live was acquiring a dog! Maybe from a rescue, maybe from a breeder. Then we spent some time talking about purebred dogs. Honesty is everything.   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Do mother dogs use food to “train” behavior in other dogs? Are dogs wolves? What can we learn from dogs and wolves in our interactions with our own dogs?   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Relationship or training? This live talked about exactly that!   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

In this live, I talked about using props within training. Why we use them, advantages and disadvantages, and how to get rid of them! Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy