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Training for a Happy, Confident and Motivated Performance Dog:
Reinforcement-Based Training​



Cyclone's DYLAN

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THANK Karen Herceg for trusting us with this beautiful puppy from the Tymac's Spencer x Cyclone's Rhea breeding. My son, Todd,  joined me on our trip to Ohio to pick up Dylan on November 12/13 2023. Dylan was 8 weeks old and ready to leave for his new home and learning journey. You can follow Dylan's journey on his page.

VISIT MY  BLOG (1/11/2024) ON PUPPY TRAINING. Awesome scientific research applied.
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    MEET        MEET       MEET

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​OTCH Kaffee
"I will do whatever you ask with happiness and a big smile."  

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OTCH HC Beckett
"I LOVE everyone I meet and want to greet them with a big kiss. I especially LOVE children and training with my Mom."
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" Follow Beckett's as he grows up from a puppy to an adult in photos and video: socialization, balance discs, tricks, obedience training and herding.

HC Myst

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Everything I do is FAST..... Some judges love to watch me since I am a little crazy in all the sports I do. I LOVE herding, have finished my obedience titles and now have so much fun with scent work. I am now 12 years old and just finished my AKC Herding Champion title. Of course running on trails is my very favorite sport.


BECKETT EARNS HIS OTCH - 9/27/24

At the Flagstaff Kennel Club show under judge Curt Curtis, Beckett earned his OTCH along with HIT and HC. So proud of Beckett who always tries to happily work for me doing a sport which is not boring for him but filled with positive rewards.

VISIT MY RECENT BLOG 8/3/24 on "There are No Gifts Given When Getting an OTCH" 
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Beckett Gets Invited to Westminster 2024

BECKETT GOT MAIL..... His first invitation to the 2024 9th Annual Masters Obedience Championship at Westminster. This invitation was given to the top 200 dogs based on OTCH points earned at AKC obedience trials held between January 1, 2023 an December 31, 2023.

I am so proud of Beckett. This was a very difficult year for us to even show so it means even more.
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Favorite Pages...
     -   NEW PUPPY TRAINING - DYLAN by months based on new resources
     -  Pressure Games: Why did my dog NQ in the ring?
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RESSURE IN THE OBEDIENCE RING... See the effects of pressure from the judge in utility directed jumping.
                Then the games  created to help with this pressure. Other games for obedience: signals, command discrimination,                     backing into pressure, heeling, fronts

     - Pivoting to Lovely Heeling
     - How I Taught Utility Scent Articles
     - Shaping the Dumbbell Retrieve
     - Puppy body Awareness
     - Advancing With Core Strength - Helping to Prevent Injuries
     - Iliopsoas Rehab. one dog's successful journey back to health
     - Update to Iliopsoas Rehab
     - Nosework for teaching utility scent articles

     - Puppy Fun 8-12 weeks old, and every 4 months. 

READ This Before You Euthanize Your Dog - Canine Vestibular Disease
​This page is being reprinted and added to with new resources since my blog page on vestibular is so popular. A friend asked me to include some of her new resources to help those whose senior dog experiences these scary balance and equilibrium symptoms that have a sudden onset.  I am finding from correspondences from around the world that even vets might not be recognizing what the dog is presenting with. Many like myself believed that our dog was having a stroke; others that their dog needed to be euthanized. Our wish is that this information will help you support your dog during their vestibular syndrome so you both will have many more happy days together. 


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