08 Jan 2010
The short answer to this question is yes. In fact, yesterday our dog Torchy learned to go find his Frisbee by watching our other dog Zoe find her ball.
“Go find it” is the command Zoe gets when I’ve thrown her ball for her and she looses it. Let’s face it, I threw the ball for her and I don’t want to wander around in the grass looking for it if she’s lost it. Zoe also tends to loose balls in the grass rather easily.
07 Dec 2009
Clicker training may or may not be a term that you have heard before. It is a very popular method of training dogs and other animals.
On January 4th, 2010 I will be launching a series of training videos on the blog that follow my puppy Rusty through his basic training. In those videos we will use clicker training to teach him commands.
30 Nov 2009
Rusty is approaching 6 months of age and Torchy is about 8 months. Torchy is already in training, learning basic manners and becoming a stellar Frisbee dog. Rusty will begin training sometime this week. If fact, you will be able to follow along with Rusty’s training program with your own dog in our 10 minute a day training program beginning 1/4/10.
As I watch these dogs grow and learn I am amazed at the capability of dogs. Torchy is an energetic, active Frisbee dog. And even though he is extremely high energy and had no concept of manners initially. He is becoming a well behaved part of the family. Rusty is extremely smart and exuberant dog. I really do love his enthusiasm and his love of life. He has already picked up on some basic commands like sit just by watching his adopted brother Torchy.
If your anything like me, your schedule is packed full and if you tried to add anything else into it your head would explode all over the place. For me, I run my own business, I’m engaged and planning a wedding, I’m applying to graduate school, plus I’m a friend, daughter, sister, aunt, fiance, etc.
On top of that I have a 5 month old puppy that needs to learn basic household manners. I’m here to tell you that it really is possible to have a well trained dog without having to carve significant time out of your schedule each day.
