THIS IS AWESOME! My favorite dog trainer and dog whisperer of all time has just released a free video online explaining how to eliminate 94% of all unwanted behavior in ANY dog. Her name is Krista Cantrell and I absolutely LOVE the way she teaches. Click on the video to watch. You'll be glad you did...

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Working on more surpentines and threadles. My form is getting better and both dogs are following me much better! I know that agility is a lot the handler!!! I tend to make all the mistakes! Training a human to run agility is hard work!

I also worked on a few things for freestyle! I want to put more heel work in my next freestyle routine, so I must get to practicing and training it. Bandit and I like the fast stuff much better! Isabelle on the other hand does not mind going slow at all! I still love my Izzie busy!

Well all my YouTube friends, Have a wonderful Sunday Evening! See you all next week with Episode #2 on training a dog to come when called.

Also, it was just a fun day with the dogs!

Thanks for watching!

Pam, Isabelle & Bandit

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Does your dog react to people, dogs, cats, or things by barking, lunging, or growling at them?

Well, this game can help keep your dog from reacting and it will help build a positive association to all those scary, awful things that your dog is either unsure of or does not like. This game will help change the emotional response and how your dog feels about those things. Your dog say, “Hmmmm yummy treats appear every time a scary dog does, cool; I hope more dogs show up.”

Have a wonderful day and if you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Thanks for watching and do not forget to subscribe.

Pam, Isabelle, & Bandit

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This will be the first time in history that Pere Saavedra’s training techniques will be translated into English!

Beginning/Intermediate Agility Seminar in San Diego, California

with Pere Saavedra flying in from Madrid, Spain!
July 10th and 11th
$350 for 2 days with a dog
$175 for 2 days without a dog

Sign up for the seminar here to confirm your place-
http://www.sdcaninefreestylers.com/events.html

The points that she will be covering are:
1. Introduction.
2. Agility basis (flatwork). Applications.
3. Practice.
4. “Serpentines and hexagons”.
5. Obedience
6. Weave poles.
7. Running contacts.

Pere Saavedra Bio

Pere Saavedra is a world-renowned Spanish dog trainer who has an extensive experience in agility training. She has given over 40 seminars in Spain and held seminars in Brazil and Chile. She has been on TV many times to talk about dog training and Agility. Pere and her dogs perform agility, freestyle, and more for huge crowds in the canine spectacle Alejop Show Can (www.alejopshowcan.com). Peres training methods are positive, creative, and innovative allowing her to not only succeed in Agility but in all aspects of dog training.

Here is Pere’s Youtube channel where you can see footage from her previous seminars including the recent one in Chile, her amazing agility skills, along with her astounding dog behaviors and tricks- sometimes working with 5 dogs at a time-

http://www.youtube.com/hechiasia

Pere’s blog-

http://wwwperesaavedra.blogspot.com/

She has racked up a list of accomplishments in agility:
1. Individual Class World Agility Champion: Helsinki, Finland - 2000
2. 3rd place in World Championship, individual category: Maribor, Slovenia -1998
3. 4 time Individual Class Spanish Champion: Spain - 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2005
4. World-class runner-up in the teams category: Lievin, France - 2003.
5. 3rd place in the Spanish World Cup in the teams category 2005.
6. Champion of the Community of Madrid 1999
7. Runner-up of Spain 1997
8. 3rd place in the Championship of Spain 2004
9. Co-Champion of Spain in the teams category, 1997-2000
10. Champion of the Federation Cup AGEEACV, 2007

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This is one of the coolest and most impressive dog tricks to have in your pups repetoire.

This particular method of training this trick works very well for smaller dogs!

check out youtube user zsianz1 ’s video tutorial on how to teach this trick!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNCTTWSAHHE

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Tug shows off some of his new behaviors and tricks

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I made this quick video because this is the most common question I get asked daily on youtube. BUT the secret is not WHAT treat to use, but what treat YOUR dog needs you to use. It will be different for every dog! The next secret is that you have to keep changing the treats up or the dog will get bored/habituate to the treat you always use.

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This video is on capturing a behavior using clicker training. I have been working on capturing natural behaviors with Isabelle and putting them on cue. So far she can sneeze on cue “Smell the Skunk” and now scratching “Do you have fleas?”. I have also captured other tricks that Isabelle likes to do by just clicking her when she does them and put them on cue, “boing” and “cross paws”.

Once your dog understands that their movements can make you click and earns them a reward, they will start offering behaviors and be more aware as to what they were doing when you clicked. I think that it is just fun to try to take what the dog already loves doing or does anyway and put it on cue.

Good luck and have fun with capturing behaviors!

Pam & Isabelle

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This video is a how to video on how to teach your dog to target an object with his front paws. This is not only a great game to teach your puppy or dog how to learn to learn, but it is the foundation for many behaviors and tricks. Tricks with this foundation include- wave, shake , high five, standing up, hands up, close the door, cop cop, say your prayers, descrimination, freestyle foot work and more.

Take care with large breed dogs or dogs who have sharp toe nails as you can get slapped. Perhaps teach shake down the line when you have more experience as a trainer so that your large dog doesnt learn to paw at you as their favorite behavior. The great thing about the technique that I am using is that the dog isnt learning to paw at your skin, but at an object, so you can get that on stimulus control before it is just your arm (for very large and powerful dog breeds). You can also click them fore being gentle before you switch to using just your hand for shake.

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This is a video of Splash’s first lessons at a walking handstand. I was so inspired by Heather and Jesse’s most amazing walking handstand that I thought I would give it a try with Splash. However, no dog can do it cuter than Jesse on JustJesse197 ’s youtube channel Other walking handstand inspirations are
Hechiasia
Zsianz1
Yolle555

If your dog can do a walking handstand that you clicker trained (not one where they are being punished) please post as a video response.

I thought I would show the unfinished results as it it quite fun to see Splash figuring it all out. In my living room she is panting because in between the tricks she is getting to play with a balloon and run around the living room like a mad dog (this is her favorite reward in the world).

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Here is Splash and I improvising to the music of Avatar. We will be using this song for one of our routines. I am all over the place right now, so I thought posting this would give me a kick to get the routine down soon. I have gotten a bunch of ideas from just editing a couple days of practice sessions together.

I loved the movie Avatar. Mainly because of the extreme bond and respect of animals shown in the movie.

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