So I left that lesson and never went back — not really, I suppose, because of the training, but just because I had an unpleasant experience. So really the webinar is looking into the difference between a working dog ready for action, doing waiting but ready for action, and a dog relaxing, because a lot of the working dogs struggle with the relaxation aspect in life. I now understand my dog better and we are building a strong relationship where his choices are beginning to be reliable and thus earning him more freedom to run and vent his energy is useful and manageable behaviours. This book goes beyond the basic obedience training to help the dog to have self control not being under the thumb and not knowing what to do if not micromanaged. I have a young rescued cocker Spaniel and have found this book the most useful of all the books I have read.

I started a journey, I think, looking for a cure for aggression, and here I am, still looking for one. WOW this book blew me away its the best book iv ever read (Honestly that's the truth) whether your a trainer or dog owner if you have a dog you need this book ! As I got into dog training, it drove me into being very aware and making the effort that the teaching people, understanding how to communicate and support and help people, is so important if you want to get your dog training method across to people. But again, they all have certain traits, they're all designed to grow those behaviors as they mature. You’ll learn how to teach your dog to be steady, stop barking and spinning when he gets frustrated and focus on you.Melissa Breau: Like the difference between a start line stay for agility and "Go to your mat and lay there while we eat dinner" type of thing. I always say to people, after twenty years of trying to motivate Leonbergers, I just got a Cocker Spaniel instead. Collies are very visual, gundogs are very scent-driven, and you're always going to get the exception to the rule of variations on that.

I live in the city, so it's quite challenging for me to get opportunity to expose them to a working environment.

I ended up going to a traditional trainer, and we had a conversation about what I would and wouldn't do with my dog. These dogs are designed to work in drive, teaching them to be calm and relaxed is highly beneficial in day-to-day life situations, but for work it is counterproductive. In addition to teaching, she hosts the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, coordinates webinars, helps maintain the FDSA facebook page, runs the Ripple Effect group for dog trainers using Fenzi Principles, and other random odds and ends as needed.

And so I ended up with this little dog who was just wanting to do things all the time, so I struggled with her being able to settle to switch off. Looking at both the science and the practical application using positive reinforcement training to develop an effective toolbox of rewards, working on brain games that build the right neural networks and good habits.The science dropped into the book is awesome, relevant, and so well translated from science talk to normal human language. Jane is a member of the Coape Association of Pet Behaviourists and Trainers (CAPBT), The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT UK) Membership no.

Jane Ardern: My big thing is really getting people to understand that they're teaching the dog a skill, often rather than behaviors, especially when you have dogs who are excitable in high arousal. Jane is an accredited Instructor with The Gundog Club in the UK which promotes positive reinforcement training for Gundogs. Sadly mine got lost in the mail (it was delivered to a relative then sent on to me overseas) and only the envelope arrived. To start us out, can you share a little bit about you, your current pets, what you're working on with them? I think in all dogs, really, they come with these traits, and the environment switches on these genes, and then the dog just behaves impulsively, based upon its genetics.The criteria is too high, and you see that they're actually finding learning a frustrating experience, even though they're getting treats and so on. It's really important that the dog has a positive experience, and it's really important that the handler has a positive experience as well. But do you sometimes wish you could reign in some of that enthusiasm and produce the results that you both deserve? So when people learn to be mindful, when they learn to stop and think and not react, we know in humans that that causes eventually the brain to rewire.