by Kris | Dec 16, 2019 | Breeding, Nutrition, Obedience, Tracking
An interview with Dr. Michael Kern about his experience in the Dog World with his Dobermann and Training. Q: Good Morning Michael, thank you for this interview.A: My pleasure. Q: Tell us about yourself? A: My wife Susanne and I immigrated to Australia from Germany...
by Kris | Sep 5, 2019 | Obedience
Antecedents, Behaviour and ConsequencesEvery time we interact with our dog we provide some form of signal and these signals overtime associated with pleasant or unpleasant events. These events are not limited to us as handlers but also to all factors in our dogs...
by Kris | Sep 2, 2019 | Obedience
What is Learning?It has been said that ‘Teaching is the art of suggestion’. Put more rigorously; it could be accurately stated that “Learning occurs when the outcome and the expectation differ.”The implication of having learnt something is that a change of behaviour...
by Kris | Sep 1, 2019 | Character Assessment, Obedience, Tracking
The Reward Many times, rewards are taken for granted, and the assumption is that the reward we offer to our dog is rewarding solely because the trainer says it is with little consideration for what the dog feels and exhibits in its behaviour. A reward is only as good...
