by Julie A Symons | Sep 18, 2017 | Dog Sports
Last month Savvy earned her NACSW NW3 Elite title. With trials few and far away, I was thrilled not only for all our skills and preparation, but not having to drive 9 hours to the next one we got into months later! And her previous NW3 trial was 8 months prior!!...
by Julie A Symons | Jul 17, 2017 | Dog Sports
What I’ve learned about training my young intact male: I’m not more interesting than dog pee or dog smells. Food is not always a motivator, nor worth eating at meals. Toys are not always a motivator. Trying to get him to stop sniffing is futile and adds...
by Julie A Symons | Jun 14, 2017 | Dog Sports
Why do you like being with your dog(s)? So much has changed with dog “ownership” since my childhood. Let’s call it companionship, as that sounds more like what it means to me! My dogs are my companions. More than a pet and a teammate, but also those...
by Julie A Symons | Mar 25, 2017 | Dog Sports
There has been a lot of buzz about new scent work dog sport programs over the last few years … nosework, barnhunt, and more recently handler discrimination scent work. We also hear about and see military and police detection dogs, and even usages in the medical...
by Julie A Symons | Jan 30, 2017 | Dog Sports
It’s true. Our dogs don’t have to find every hide. I still see people struggling with this concept and others embracing the idea to call it and review/recover. It’s quite liberating to abort a search! If I look back on my years of training sessions I...
by Julie A Symons | Jan 22, 2017 | Dog Sports
When it comes to dog training, it can be overwhelming with everything we need to train and prepare for to trial. Skills, precision, ring confidence, OUR confidence, weaning off primary and secondary reinforcers, etc. We all have goals and ambitions and want to do...
