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This is a tale of the Labrador and the Pointer at Dog Beach. I have owned a few German Shorthaired Pointers and have trained a whole lot more. As far a Labradors go I’ve owned at least 13 of those dogs. One of my Labs was trained for theatrical work and was in a few…
Here are a few more pictures from my dog beach excursion. I am always pleasantly suppressed by the wide variety to dog breeds one can see at Orange County’s favorite dog beach. I found it interesting that many of the people I talked with at the beach had done some training with their dogs. It…
German Shepherd Pictures by your dog trainer Andrew Ledford call 714-827-4058 for Huntington Beach Dog Training German Shepherd Dog Pictures Taken in Huntington Beach, California. I had a mix up with a dog training appointment in Huntington Beach so I had a few unexpected hours. I decided to use those hours to visit dog beach….
For help with training your dog call Andrew Ledford 714-827-4058 Here is a short video where I’m using the Off exercise and doing some handling exercises to help overcome fear of people in general and men in particular. There is a lot more going on with these dogs than the video shows. The two dogs…
Teaching a Pitbull the off exercise This is from when I was using the 101 dog training tip website. Here is a very short video of me teaching a pit bull the off exercise using food. With this training technique we are allowing the behavior of grabbing the food to undergo extinction. Extinction occurs because…
New tips pages added about housebreaking and another about selecting a dog training leash Update to this page –I have taken down the 101 Dog Training Tips Website and I am in the process of moving most of the important information to this site. I am continuously adding new content to our network of websites….
Dog Training Plan and Training Goals by Andrew Ledford 714-827-4058 Benefits of a dog training plan From training our dogs we can learn that it’s often beneficial to have a plan. Planning is one of the steps that helps us progress toward our goals. A training plan allows us to perform the appropriate behavior when…
Dog training Thinking Outside The Box by Andrew Ledford 714-827-4058 Dog training Think Outside The Box With Orthodox and Unorthodox Behavior Dog training Thinking Outside The Box is training that goes beyond orthodox behavior and practices. This blog post is more about innovation in general and mainly uses the idea of dog training and thinking…
Dog Training Inside The Box by Andrew Ledford 714-827-4058 Dog Training and thinking inside the box seems like a natural subject for me. If you’ve participated in my dog training programs or read my book you would think the idea for this blog resulted from working with my dog training mat. While I often speak…
Natural Dog Training Without a Leash and Collar or a Clicker. Dog Trainer’s Forum Post – dog training Without a Leash or Clicker.For more information about my training programs call me at 715-827-4058 Once upon a time at a Southern California Dog Trainers’ forum we had an interesting meeting where many people discussed the various…
I always think of Daylight Saving Time as the beginning to the dog training season. Now the average pet dog owner will have extra daylight hours to invest or squander. As I study the human/dog experience I’m always amazed at how important the variable of time is. How we use our time determines what we…
Moscow’s stray dogs article on FM.com is what motivated me to write this post. Popsci.com also has an article going over much of the same info as FM.com. In the Popsci.com article from January, 21, 2010 talks about Andrei Poyarkov, who is a researcher at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution. Poyarkov is…
