I think there are a lot of things we over look in working with dogs; everything from the importance of knowing when to stop, the idea of cutting yourself some slack, the idea of loving the dog you’re with etc. All of these are things other people have covered (often times better than I could myself) or things I mean to write about but get…
Hikerhund: What to do when you’re stuck in a Quarantine
I’ve been a fan of the post-apocolyptic genre of film and literature for years. It was always an escapism sort of thing for me, a “what if…” Living now in an age of corona virus and actually facing a need to isolate and ride out the storm… I am not really entertained. The dogs are even less amused. For those that do not know me,…
Hikerhund: Clean Slate Principle
Forgive and Forget. These are words to live by, they apply to a lot of situations in life, and they apply to dog training. As trainers, or handlers, we have a tendency to expect perfection from ourselves, and occasionally from our dogs. We have all had that day where it seems nothing goes right, and while Fido has performed this particular command 600 times with…