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Yes! Thank you for asking! I think that would be incredibly helpful for people to see demonstrations of. Will work on this-thanks for the suggestion!

It can clarify so much for animals!

Nope! You could use a box, really anything they can stand on/behind. Technically don’t need anything, but it clarifies for her where I want her to reset. Showing the same exact picture (starting point and process) can really clarify things for them.

I’m not sure what you mean?

Thank you! Cheers!

Relationship building with your dog. Builds engagement, trust, fun, communication, behaviors, duration..a lottttt of stuff.

Wow, thank you so much! I remember trying to learn all these details when I first started out. Happy to share now!

How do you primarily train? I have found this to be one of the fastest/most effective for most behaviors and most dogs. Other methods like free-shaping however, can really help clarify and solidify certain behaviors for some dogs.

If they are ball-driven, why not? Just of course always be careful if you are playing tug with an older pup ❤

Hey thanks for asking! Basically, I’ve loved animals my whole life and spent a lot of time observing them in the wild as a kid. Grew up and got degrees in Deaf Studies and Special Education. Both of these taught me the science behind how behavior works. Then I got a lot of hands on practice and asked a lot of questions. Still learning to this day!

Have fun! I’d love a tag on my IG! Not sure how that works on TH-cam..

@Alignedk9 if I were on any social media, I would, happily. I just stick to "TH-cam University."

The point is that every animal has their unique currency. For humans, it is money. For dogs, it is food.

This is teaching 😊 more than one way to reward. Food or any reward can be faded if the process becomes fun for them!

Now you know for your future animals! ❤

You usually get paid more when working overtime hours

@@spyrotwins9719 but it’s there day off

More time worked generally= more money earned. Idk about you, but I want more money.

So happy for your feedback! 😊

Isn’t it crazy?! With the right motivation and process!

It’s so boring to watch, but may be one of the most important things dogs should “learn”.

I am clearly no French expert, but I do know that my pronunciation is not correct in terms of the actual language. But this is not why I use French.. The reason I trained him primarily with French is because of the sport I was doing with him: they give points based on the speed of which the dog completes the behavior. With French words, there are more than one syllable, therefore providing a bit extra time for the dog to complete the behavior before the end of the word. Additionally, I usually put more stress on the first syllable so the dog learns to cue off of that (ideally moves faster). And finally, hard sounds tend to be more easily heard. With this sport, there is often a lot of noise and craziness on the field, so softer sounds would likely be missed by the dog. So I adjust certain commands based off that. As opposed to just sticking to a proper language. Hope that makes sense! 👌🏼

My police k9 came from over seas and was originally taught for show. When he arrived here, he was already taught in French and we continued with the training.

I’m not sure if it’s the same for everyone but the out is obviously pretty important so we wanted to keep it quick and simple for the dog to understand instead of sounding similar to any other word for his commands. The out was clear and concise so he knew it was important. Especially since dogs will mostly learn sounds not necessarily the word so using the same tone and speed for each command is imprtant.

Yes! They are Starmark durafoam ball on rope! Amazon! I have a link in my Instagram bio for them!

They’re SO smart. Most of the issues people have with them is not realizing that it’s the dog who has trained THEM 😂

@Alignedk9 funny you say that, we just started obedience training because he was starting to train me 🤣😂 the trainer was very impressed with him looking up at me when I asked him to do a task. I hear other people saying how intelligent these dogs are, but just blew it off. At 6 months old he's smarter than the 3 dogs I've had previously, combined. Food reward has gone now. And we had our first successful recall while playing fetch. Can't tell you how happy we both where. He loves his praise. Life's so much easier with him now he knows his place in the family pack.

Thank you! Rewarding with a toy can really help bring out more energy in behaviors as well as build more duration for things like a focus heel. Really cool to watch the progress!

Well thanks! Most of the time I’m covered in slobber, fur and dirt 😂

Isn’t it crazy?! And what’s crazier, is very few people will actually DO this! But it actually makes our relationships with them SO much stronger and more fun.

This can be a challenge for sure. I find most people swing too far one way or the other (either drop them off at a shelter, or over-baby them and end up creating a very insecure dog). It is possible, but we all have this one life to live and so do they. Always genuinely trying to do the best for all parties involved.

Thank you! Thrilled to inspire anyone to go work with their dogs! ❤

Not at all. This is simply for those who are unwilling to train their dogs in more depth, and are about to send them to their deaths at shelters (which are OVERFLOWING) because they “can’t handle them”. …it is far kinder to use tools to communicate or manage dogs so they can actually coexist with humans who refuse to put in more work-than it is to avoid them because of our own projected fears….and then give those dogs up to shelters. I can’t tell you how many dogs have needlessly been put to sleep due to this kind of fear. …are there more preferred options for training? Absolutely. I 100% want people to work on their relationships with their dogs. But most won’t even work on their relationship with themselves… I refuse to NOT share something simply because of projected fears-when it could potentially save even ONE life 👌🏼

If you got the resources check out Dog Daddy. One of the BEST corrective trainers

See it in your mind and feel what it feels like. Then be consistent and be willing to make mistakes..the rest will follow 👌🏼

Consistency is key! Make place fun!

Thank you so much! I feel I have such a long way to go. But there’s little else in the world as satisfying as seeing the dogs I work with happy and loving life!

😂😂 My oldest smallest girl does too!…maybe not as much fire as a Chihuahua, but she’s definitely in charge 😂❤

Aren’t they?!❤

All the booty scratches, belly rubs-rent-free lives! They give us their all, this is the least we could give them in return!

I’m so happy to hear it!! It’s definitely a lot of work to create so much free content, but it makes my heart sing reading comments like this! And knowing that maybe I helped inspire even one person to go enjoy their relationship with their dog! ❤