Here are some videos of our trainer's dogs performing various basic and advanced obedience skills. 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. Two different dogs, each at different levels of training are shown in the videos below. Louie is a mature, smooth collie adult (approx. 5 in the first two videos). Firefly is still an adolescent in the videos shown below, just starting her off leash training.

As you can see from the dogs' happy, relaxed body language (loose body, happy tail sets), we use lots of positive reinforcement in the form of treats, praise and other things the dogs enjoy. We do not use nor recommend shock collars.

• Coming when called-Louie
• Heel off leash-Louie
• Beginning heel off leash-Firefly (she is only 20 months old in this video)
• Coming when called-Louie and Firefly at the same time

Go to your place:

This basic behavior is very useful for pet owners, can be used to facilitate control with visitors, and to prevent accidental "escapes."

• Louie, Monty and Firefly all go to their place and hold down stays-Firefly is a young adolescent (14 months old) in this video

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
• Monty holds a hot dog without eating it
• Monty closes cabinets

Firefly Videos:

• Firefly takes and holds a dog biscuit and gives it to me (eats it with permission afterwards)

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.

Phaser Videos: Phaser was 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

Nacho Videos: Nacho was a siberian husky (passed away in 2009) 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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