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You must balance your rewards in competition obedience

Herrnstein's Matching Law preparing to show reward markers Jan 20, 2022

Last fall, M and I made our Utility debut. In this video, she failed, and this performance offers me a great way to bring up and explain Herrnstein's Matching Law, which says;

"When there are...

Using Reward Markers to get solid competitive obedience ring performances

Make Your Dog Want to Perform | Step 3: Tackling Performance Problems preparing to show reward markers Jan 13, 2022

Solving problems that occur in the ring is much easier when you use a well-conditioned Reward Marker. In today’s video, I offer you some examples.

As you start afresh in 2022, I hope I have...

Reward Marker Competition Obedience Exercises

Make Your Dog Want to Perform | Step 2: When to Use Your Reward Marker reward markers Jan 10, 2022

What Exercise Do You Need Your Dog to Love to Perform?

I remember being really discouraged with my inability to teach my dogs to perform in the absence of food or toys. Like most...

Teach your dog to compete in obedience with enthusiasm

Make Your Dog Want to Perform | Step 1: The Importance of a Reward Marker how dogs learn reward markers Jan 05, 2022

All of us want our dogs to enjoy obedience training and competition. Many of us can teach our dogs to perform the exercises, but how do we teach the dog TO WANT to perform?

Last summer,...

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