A training game, and an “activity” are very different. In this video We will show the elements that make that distinction.
Interruptions In Play
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 …
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 …
Tug…….. Ivan Balabanov Melted My Brain.
Man…… I took a trip to visit Ivan Balabanov like 8 months ago. And that set off a direction of thought or study, that made my brain melt. I realized that I had been looking at tug with a weak microscope. Like…… If you have a weak microscope you can see to a certain depth. But, if you get a …
Jax Teaches a Kid Tug!
https://youtu.be/yanNdn_il2o
Building and Breaking Trust
Everyone that reads this thing regularly, knows I do a lot of training through game play. And, not in the surface “Create a reward event to make them work” sort if way. But, in a profound way. Almost a spiritually fulfilling way. It impacts so many different levels. Gives activity which is physically healthy. Gives psychological fulfillment, as the activities …