by Tena Parker | Aug 8, 2013 | Dog Behavior, General Dog Care, personal, Video blog
I May Be A Dog Trainer, BUT… My dogs are not perfect. Rio earned his CGC at 10 months old, he won second place (novice) at a frisbee competition at 9 months old, he has an agility title, he has an RL2 title with an award of excellence, and he is a therapy dog....
by Tena Parker | Aug 2, 2013 | General Dog Care, Rally, Training
Responsible Canine Athlete Handling This may ultimately be more of a rant than an educational post but it’s something that has been getting under my skin recently. Over the last year I have been to (not necessarily competed in) 4 agility trials, 6 rally trials,...
by Tena Parker | Jul 12, 2013 | General Dog Care, personal
Wild and Stressful Week Some of you may be wondering where I’ve been all week, well hopefully this will explain it (though those of you who follow me on FB already know most of the story). This week has been a bit of an emotional and stress roller coaster with...
by Tena Parker | Jul 2, 2013 | Fearful Dog, General Dog Care, Positive Training, Training
I spent this weekend prepping for the mayhem that will be the fourth of July. Five of our neighbors are very big into fireworks and we have, what seems like, a 2 hour show every 4th by the time they are all finished. Shayne is pretty much rock-solid in terms of...
by Tena Parker | Jun 19, 2013 | clicker training, General Dog Care, Positive Training
Positive Reinforcement Isn’t For All Yep, you just read that correctly. Positive reinforcement isn’t for everyone, but not for the reasons many people think. I firmly believe that dogs do not need to have aversives as part of their training in order to...
by Tena Parker | Jun 14, 2013 | equipment, General Dog Care, Positive Training, Training
If You Have To Hide What You’re Doing… maybe you should rethink that choice. There is a trainer in my area who is notorious for showing off his dogs–he often has very large packs with him at various events. All of the dogs wear bandanas, not because...
