Over the years I have seen many dogs do the palisade, some safely and others in ways that made me gasp or cringe. I've seen dogs reach the top of the palisade, then fall off backwards either to be desperately caught by their handler, or to land less than gracefully, and sometimes be injured. Or…
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Teaching the French Ring Palisade
Before I ever send my dogs over the French Ring palisade, I teach them proper technique using an a-frame. It can be an agility or Schutzhund a-frame, or doesn't even have to be a formal (ie certain measurements) a-frame for another sport, but simply something made of a couple pieces of plywood and some hinges…
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…
Puppy Frisbee – Teaching the Out and Recall
Although I call this “Puppy Frisbee” it can be done with a dog of any age, and is a useful tool to go back and work the foundation work on any dog, at any time. The premise is that the puppy is the frisbee, going back and forth between two people. I’ve been playing this…
Focus for Heeling
This is how I start it with all dogs, pup or adult, trained or untrained. I do modify it as I progress and see either strong progress or issues. Each step is started in a neutral environment, as the dog progresses in that step distractions are slowly added. I hold my hands away from my…
Retrieve with Scent Discrimination
I wrote this article in 2007 in response to a question on Belg-L. Someone was having problems teaching their dog the AKC Utility retrieve exercise. This is not some breakthrough concept, I was just playing fetch with Enzo a number of years ago on a riverbank. I think it was back in 1996 or 97…
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