by Kris | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
We have been involved in the breeding and training of dogs for 40 years. We have seen training equipment come and go from organisations doing their best to stand out in the market. Many have sadly disappeared primarily due to poor design and function. There comes a...
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 6, 2019 | Tracking
First Principle A ‘tracking article’ itself should have potentially no meaning to a dog. It is nothing more than a piece of material. What should have meaning to the dog is the odour of human scent on that piece of material. Tracking is nose work. That...
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...
