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Handling Impact: Training Hides versus Trial Hides
Have you ever heard the phrase "train like you trial"? Today I would like to talk about some of the differences between training and trialing. For me, I often approach my training hides differently than my trial hides. Why? Because each type of hide has a different...
Handling Strategies for Low Confidence Dogs
This weekend, Why did his very first Elite trial. Why is my naturally low confidence dog who at 11.5 years old has turned into a different dog! We were far from perfect but my goals for him were (1) keep him happy and confident, and (2) keep my points. I have happy to...
Staying Focused on One Thing at a Time
Trialing can be stressful. Correction... Trialing IS stressful. If we are doing something that we care about, and we have spent months preparing for the event, we are bound to feel pressure on the start line. If you have trialed, you know the feeling of butterflies as...
Don’t Overthink It at NW3!
NW3 can be an abyss. It can be a frustrating exercise of one too many errors.... or it can be a fun journey where you get your feet wet with unknown number of hides. The difference is the pressure that a handler puts on themself. Coming out of NW2 with your first dog,...
Matching the Distraction to the Dog
In our last blog, Making Distraction Training Practical, we talked about how to easily store and use distractions for our container work. I also introduced the concept of thinking about training Discrimination first and Impulse Control second. What this means is that...
