Tammie Rogers
Inspired by Dogs & Nature
Tag: Dog training
THE RESCUE DOG DILEMMA
A new series on our YouTube channel, The CANINE POV is “CLIENT EMAIL REVIEW”This premier episode is called: The Rescue Dog Dilemma Nobody Wants To Talk About:
NEW VENTURE
I’ve been busy creating a YouTube Channel: The CANINE POV Robert and I have been working with dogs and their people for over 25 years. It’s time we take advantage of the powers of Social Media to share our knowledge and stories with the… Continue Reading “NEW VENTURE”
Should You Take Your Dog to the Dog Park?
I’m opposed to taking a well-mannered, properly socialized dog to a dog park. To me, it’s akin to taking a kind and courteous child to a park full of naughty little, hoodlum bullies, whose parents are either not paying attention to their children’s ill-disciplined… Continue Reading “Should You Take Your Dog to the Dog Park?”
Service Dog In Training: Dolly
Dolly is a pup that we bred. She’s a sister to Rock and Riff. She was raised by her owner, and is back with us for Custom Training. Here are some videos of a recent trip to Menard’s for Public Access training. Several Skills:… Continue Reading “Service Dog In Training: Dolly”
LEADERSHIP
It can be amazingly easy to train a dog and seemingly impossible, too. For me, the skills necessary for success all have two sides that sit precariously atop a fulcrum that can drop you to your knees or boost your sense of accomplishment in… Continue Reading “LEADERSHIP”
More Scent Discrimination – Riff
The activity of “teaching dogs to detect scent” is akin to the idea of “teaching a person to see colors.” Dogs don’t need to be taught to detect scent anymore than people need to be taught to see colors. However, if we want to… Continue Reading “More Scent Discrimination – Riff”
Service Dog Training Task: “Get Help!”
In this video you see Riff and Rock learning to press a button which “speaks to an Alexa device. The Recordable Dog Buttons are becoming quite common for folks who choose to teach their dogs to “talk” to them. I employed the button to… Continue Reading “Service Dog Training Task: “Get Help!””
Scent Discrimination Training – Riff
As we train Riff for his future partnership as a Service Dog, we are teaching him a number of different skills. One such task is to alert to a specific scent. This may be blood glucose highs and lows, or perhaps allergen alert. A… Continue Reading “Scent Discrimination Training – Riff”
Service Dog in Training “Rock”
Rock is a puppy from our April 2024 litter that we’ve retained for Service Dog training. He is Riff’s brother (I posted about Riff’s training in the previous post.) We breed this specific cross (St. Poodle x Old English Sheepdog) because we’ve found them… Continue Reading “Service Dog in Training “Rock””
