Tandem Dog Sports

Different reinforcement strategies for heeling based on your dog's temperament.

Fix your heeling through changing how you deliver the reward!

The dog needs to know exactly when it's appropriate to offer behaviors on their own and when it's appropriate to have duration and wait for

What do you do in a training session when your dog makes a mistake? You gave one cue and your dog does a completely different behavior!...

I put a ton of emphasis on those 3 reward parts in my training and I see that behaviors not only develop faster, but fixing behaviors can of

What do you do when your dog is making a mistake in the moment? Do you reward the error if you use a cookie? Do you need to make it easier?

Besides having the dog comfortable with working when rewards at a distance, we want to gradually focus on how much work the dog is asked...

Training a Remote Reward Cue One of the questions I see a lot in dog training are people wondering when they can stop rewarding so much! ...

I've been thinking about position changes lately as I continue to work on Zumi's stand at a distance for the new AKC cue discrimination...

In the last blog post we looked at one (huge) reason why a dog can look brilliant outside the ring but everything seems to go south once...

Why do some dogs seem to fall apart when entering a competition? They look brilliant outside the ring and then once they step through...

It's been almost a decade since I first heard of the idea of using different marker words to tell the dog but the idea is finally...

A pretty common issue I work on in my classes is getting confident duration on behaviors without needing to provide constant feedback. So...

It’s been 5 years since I first started a blog post on reverse luring and a bit longer than that since I started using the zen technique...