Building an A-Frame

Originally printed in the 2012 2nd Quarter NARA Newsletter By Kadi Thingvall Unless you are able to weld, it can be difficult to build a palisade for training at home.  It is not difficult though to build an a-frame which can be used to teach the dog proper palisade technique and prepare them for the…

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Influential Stud Dogs

The following are stud dogs used by Dantero, both ones we have owned or outside studs, and the historical stud dogs that while we did not use them directly, have passed their exceptional qualities down to the descendents we are producing today.  NOTE: this is not every stud dog we have ever used, but the…

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Teaching the Stand

I teach the stand "hands off". How, depends on the size of the dog. If it's a small pup, I am probably still luring the pup into the sit/stand/down. To do the stand I will be a little off to one side of the pup. Lure it into a sit or down. Then holding the…

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