This new page is in development. Please check back for updates. Excuse the shoddy camera work please! Our trainer is much better at training dogs than she is at filming and taking pictures! We hope you enjoy the videos.

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Dinner time:

• Dinner with multiple dogs does not need to be chaotic nor lead to conflicts.
• Louie helps with clean up, he picks up the bowls after everyone is finished.

Off Leash:

Training a dog to respond to commands when off leash requires time and extensive practice.

• Coming when called
• Heel off leash

Play time:

• Veronica plays with a "Chase It" squirrel toy as the dogs alternate practicing stays.
• Incorporating training as part of play routines can help build control with distractions. Ken throws the ball while dogs take turns practicing stay.

Puppy Training - Firefly is our trainer's newest puppy. These videos show her training progress as she matures.

Monty Videos: Monty is our German Shepherd mix adopted from a local shelter. He's been trained a variety of complex behaviors. As you can see from the videos below, even though Monty was initially trained using food rewards, behaviors can be chained together in sequences. Also food rewards are not needed constantly to achieve reliable performance. Monty was trained using a combination of lure-reward techniques as well as clicker training.

• Monty was trained to go to a room from any location in the house and shut the door.
• See how Monty closes the door (enthusiastically!).
• Monty performing some basic training skills and tricks.

Phaser Videos: Phaser is a rough collie and was trained in competition obedience, competition frisbee and also as a service dog using reward based methods.

• Phaser is trained a sequence of cues in order to pull open a door

Louie Videos: Louie is a smooth collie, and he has passed the AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluation and is trained numerous mobility assistance tasks.

• Louie demonstrates his self control with a trick, he holds, carries and gives me a hot dog.

Nacho Videos: Nacho was a siberian husky (recently passed away) who was trained as a therapy dog. He is a senior citizen in the video with some health problems (which is why he moves slowly). However, he even as a senior he demonstrated reliable responses in training. Even challenging breeds like huskies can be trained to respond reliably with distractions.

• Nacho shows off a basic "come" among distractions.

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