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Professional Handlers

I am not anti-professional handler

It has been a while since I have written, but I am feeling very inspired to write this post!  On more than a few occasions, I have had clients say to me, “I know how you feel about handlers, but…”. Read more…

By Vicki, 10 years5 years ago
Free stacking

Free Stacking Tips

Sometimes when I do a private consult, I realize that I do a lot of different things when training show dogs or showing show dogs. Today, during a private, I realized something that I do, without thinking about it, that Read more…

By Vicki, 11 years5 years ago
Training

Continued Education

By Vicki, 11 years2 years ago
Conformation classes

You can do it!

By Vicki, 11 years2 years ago
Uncategorized

My Blog My Way

I haven’t written here for a while.  I think the reason is that I was starting to feel frustrated with people who are not positive reinforcement trainers reading my blog and then getting mad at me for putting down the Read more…

By Vicki, 11 years5 years ago
Training

Training Venom

I haven’t blogged for a little while.  After bringing home Venom, our new Dachshund puppy, I have been kind of busy!  However, since part of what I have been busy with is his show ring training, I figured I might Read more…

By Vicki, 12 years5 years ago
Training

Being smart about those first dog shows

By now, you have figured out that I am all about making sure that dog shows are fun for dogs.  It’s only fair that if we are going to ask our dogs to participate in a sport with us, that Read more…

By Vicki, 12 years5 years ago
Breeders

Choosing Venom

By Vicki, 12 years2 years ago
Training

Does being a positive reinforcement trainer equal closed mindedness?

On a recent discussion of this blog, someone commented that I am “closed minded” because of my posts and commitment to positive reinforcement training.  This took me by surprise as I have always considered myself to be a very open Read more…

By Vicki, 12 years5 years ago
Body Language

Uh oh, my dog looks guilty!

The other day my cattle dog Bill ate a cupcake off of the counter.  He licked the icing off another one.  My husband found the crumbs of the first cupcake and the frosting missing off of the other and said, Read more…

By Vicki, 12 years5 years ago

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