By now…… Everyone knows I like play as my main training modality. And, a lot of the efficacy IS in biological fulfillment, and drive expression. But……. a HUGE part of the efficacy of this training is in throwing the brakes!!!!!! A big part of training in drive, or, arousal is the ability to fluently switch OUT of drive. Complete emotional …
Game Building
Ivan Balabanov has a “line building” diagram that really helped me understand the way to develop game play. It has forever changed the way I see the process. I will try to take the basic concept and show you how I interpreted it. Building a game, is like laying an electrical cable! Building the game is making a circuit. Gotta …
Possession Game: Preview
I know…. I’m getting repetitive. But…. It’s hard for me to express how important this video is to me. Ivan just put out the preview and I had to share. This preview still doesn’t do it justice. You really have to se the whole thing. This should literally be required viewing for training with me. It’s that important to me. …
“Tug” For Rehab
Yep…. I don’t just use tug to biologically fulfill dogs, develop skills, language, and relationship….. I also use it to teach them to CHOOSE us over distraction. These dogs are not punished into not looking. They are choosing the game with their owner OVER the other dog. And make no mistake…. Both of these dogs were very reactive to the …
Ivan Balabanov: TrainPerView.com!!!!
Ok….. Ivan has been a huge influence on my work. Honestly…. outside Chad Mackin, he is the biggest single influence. I have been studying his material since I got into dogs and earlier this year had the chance to meet and study with him in person. More importantly, by some stroke of good luck…. became friends. Since then, I have …
Turned On By Conflict
Some dogs are turned on by conflict. And….. That ain’t a bad thing. People are the same way. Chess Players LOVE conflict. So do lawyers. Kids on the debate team. Also…. weightlifters. They love a weight that doesn’t want to go overhead. Not to mention the obvious boxers, and wrestlers. All those folks like conflict. They crave it. In fact…. …
Play As The “Way”
So….. It’s finally all come together. My approach: Play as the Way. I have always been in that “zone”. Play has always been my go to activity. But, It wasn’t the “Way”. Like…… “THE Way”. In the martial arts, philosophical “life path” sense! I’ve written articles about “preferring” play as a way of relating. But, would still default to “training” …
Why You Should Study Pickpocketing
Today….. I told someone that they should get good at picking pockets. Yeah. That’s the kind of advice you get from me. See……. We took their dog on an “Out & About” training session. It was on a busy walking trail in Amesbury, Mass. There were walkers. Bikes. Kids. Kids in strollers. And dogs……. Several dogs. Dogs stopped on the …
Learn YOUR Dog!
Every dog is different. Even in something as seemingly simple as game play. It’s like kids. Some want to play soccer. Some want to play rugby. Some want to do MMA!!!! It’s your job to learn YOUR dog!!!!! Find the game THEY find more rewarding. Don’t just insist on the one you want to play. I was guilty of that …
Weight Pull Adventures!!!!!
After attending one of our Weight Pull workshops Ashley and Mike Majetic, out of Paul Anthony’s A & B Canine, attended their first real weight pull!!!!! They pulled for the W3PO organization. And, even though it was their first one……. Their dog Mya took 2nd place in her weight. And qualified for their national level competition with a pull of …