Build Speed and Focus with the Food Chase Game
The number one component for getting a good score in competitive obedience is to have a dog that is more interested in you than what is going on outside the ring. Every trial comes [...]
Teaching Fronts for Competition Obedience
I like to start this process by sitting on a swivel seat that is placed on a 5 gallon bucket. My first step is to teach my dog that there is food in my mouth [...]
How to “Flirt” with your Dog – to Improve Focus and Impulse Control
In this video training tip I am using a flirt pole toy to help build impulse control and focus with my young golden retriever. I have done this type work with a regular toy first, [...]
Building Speed & Focus for the Directed Retrieve
I came up with this exercise many years ago, when I first started field training. In retriever field training we do something called a wagon wheel drill, although it is a little different than this, [...]
Competition Heeling Part 2: Teaching an Activation Cue
In my training tip Competition Heeling Part 1, I showed my dogs asking me to go to work and to go heeling. I said I would explain how to teach this in part 2. Teaching [...]
Tossing My Hat Into the Ring
Volunteering as Ring Steward By Patrick McManus After a request for help, I volunteered as a ring steward at the Mt. Cheam Dog Show Sept. 24/25/16. What a great experience for a pre-novice handler! I [...]
