While Momo might be a bit stubborn still, Ryan finds that training helped. “She’s a good girl,” he said. “She makes her wishes known, which is pretty funny to watch. She’s also very curious about everything.”
She was visiting the beach for the first time with Ryan and Luke recently, and her nose took her all over. “It’s been nonstop sniffing and dragging me places to check things out,” Ryan said.
By Dawn Heiderscheidt, BS, MOT, OTR/L My biggest fear is my dog running away and not coming back. He has a HUGE prey drive and tends to hyper focus on distractions, meaning I’m pretty sure he will run after something, only to realize miles later he has no idea where he is or how he … Continue reading Teaching an Emergency Recall before the Emergency
We love our clients! Bree and Arden knew they wanted to bring home a male Boston Terrier named Oxford. He became one of the very first dogs to visit Farmcamp four years ago.
A positive marker is like a “pin” for behaviors we would like our dogs to repeat, but it relies on us as handlers sticking to a reward system, or contract, most often using a food reward and/or praise for reinforcement. When we ask our dogs to do something, we use this tool to let them know they’ve done the right thing in response.
They named her Lola when they brought the two-month-old puppy home, and they found out quickly that she had some things to say. “She’s the sweetest dog, but she has opinions,” Jenny shared. “She’ll groan about certain things. She doesn’t like doing ‘down.’ She’ll do all these other tricks, but every time we ask her to go down, she’ll do it, but she’ll do a little sassy bark. She’s done that ever since she’s been a puppy.”