We walk, think, and dream dog...

Seems our dog brains rarely power down, and there has to be a depository for all our musings. We hope you enjoy this ongoing collection of our training thoughts, with a bit of CNC news thrown in here and there.

Shaping….a Fun and Errorless Way for Your Dog to Learn

  Shaping is an amazingly effective training technique which not only teaches your dog specific behaviors, but actually teaches your dog how to learn.  And it’s FUN.  Fun for you.  Fun for your dog! Whether you want to teach your dog to enjoy a crate, go to mat and stay,  hold a dumb­bell for

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Nose Games – Fun Scent Work for Any Dog!

Pre­req­ui­site: A dog with a nose! Loca­tion:  Cold Nose Col­lege Train­ing & Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter, Mur­phy, NC  (map)                Dates:  Mon­day, Jan­u­ary 13 at 1:00 pm (6 con­sec­u­tive weeks)  Reg­is­tra­tion Open Why: This class allows any dog to suc­ceed!  Pup­pies, young dogs, old dogs, geri­atric dogs, blind dogs, reac­tive dogs, ALL dogs can play.  It can help build con­fi­dence and is

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