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 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...
