tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901844543243405919.post4594059847149156655..comments2024-03-08T22:33:35.306-08:00Comments on Exercise Finished: Building up, not tearing downtervnmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16059486741282674657noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901844543243405919.post-16757645174659114092013-03-11T08:26:47.266-07:002013-03-11T08:26:47.266-07:00Susan Garrett actually does literally set her dogs...Susan Garrett actually does literally set her dogs up to fail, purposefully. She plans to put failures into her training and she wants her dogs to occasionally fail, so that they can learn to work through it and learn from it. It makes them into much more resilient dogs when she asks them tough questions.Laura Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950400259740383312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901844543243405919.post-6650556994376435782013-03-10T17:26:46.530-07:002013-03-10T17:26:46.530-07:00yes this - affirms so nicely the material in the e...yes this - affirms so nicely the material in the ebook Trials without Tribulations http://www.citizencanine.com/pages/twt.htm<br /><br />while lots of agility folks love it lots of other dog sport people are enjoying it and finding value too :D <br /><br />Great thoughts in both to get ready for the season!andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911146116540091798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901844543243405919.post-57754559806452546892013-03-08T18:36:48.538-08:002013-03-08T18:36:48.538-08:00This is a truly brilliant piece of writing. I teac...This is a truly brilliant piece of writing. I teach police dog training and am currently teaching a detection dog trainers school to a large group of washington dc k9 trainers. I read this to them today. This is exactly what we are trying impress upon them - we select for a certain type of dog but they still need to have the ability to work through a high degree of stress/pressure/distractions in the real world. We do this by controlling the environment (to prevent self rewarding) and to increasing stress in the increments that the dog can handle. The latter is very hard to impress upon highly motivated, type A personalities. Thank you so much for providing such a well worded description of exactly what we are trying to teach.<br /><br />Lucy Newton<br />Instructor/Trainer<br />Randy Hare School for Dog Trainers<br />www.randyhare.com<br />http://dogscents.blogspot.comLucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276406317262692760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901844543243405919.post-29039070766368058452013-03-08T12:45:09.658-08:002013-03-08T12:45:09.658-08:00"The dog who can perform brilliantly in a ste..."The dog who can perform brilliantly in a sterile (stress free) atmosphere may fall apart when faced with unexpected elements of movement, noise or scent."<br />Melinda, Do you think it's possible that this cannot be overcome in some dogs? That they are just hardwired to worry and will always have fears that affect their behavior in the ring - or other stressful situations. I know, as trainers, we would like to think anything can be overcome. If we just work long enough and hard enough and use the right tools, we can achieve success. I'm not so sure.Kathie Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276125662981781081noreply@blogger.com