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Here I’m working a fairly large dog at Laurel Park in Whittier California. This is a basic drill as we use the handlers positioning and body to keep the dog in a Heel position. Towards the end I start to work on about turns. However, it looks like the dog needs a little more work…
From the Kohler method to food luring to social cues; a look at what really works, and why timing is of paramount importance. I have been rereading William Campbell’s book Behavior Problems in Dogs, mainly because I attributed some information to him in my new book and needed to confirm the source. It has been…
While I do have a standard training system that works for most of the people most of the time, we always need to be flexible enough to work with each individual’s specific needs. This dog will be working with a head collar, but for this lesson we worked with the equipment we had. The reason…
Standard Dog Training: Plus the Extra Science That Makes It Work Even Better. This article about my style of dog training that’s enhanced by broader scientific research and was inspired by Artificial Intelligence. When I have done an AI search on myself in the past, AI would say I used a non-standard approach to dog…
Spatial Positioning or Spatial Pressure. What Is It and How To Use It This article is a continuation of the ideas found in my book “Dog Training Strategies, Tactics, and Personal Insight.” Spatial Pressure is part of what I always called Spatial Positioning. As with most things dog training, I have a little different take…
The New Dog Training Book is on Amazon Dog Training Strategies, Tactics, and Personal Insight is written and published. Buy the book I finished and published the new dog training book a while back. That was my big project for the last couple of years. This book is less esoteric and a bit more practical…
A lot of people wondered why I haven’t been writing and posting new pages or blog posts over the last year. It is because I have been writing a new book. Actually I also have two new books. I finished the edit on the short book about puppies a few months back. It is only…
The reason for a dog training plan is so you know what to do the moment it needs to be done. All successful people know planning and goal setting is important in many areas of life. One benefit of a well-designed dog training plan is getting the dog trained more quickly. Another benefit of a…
Training Dogs to be comfortable around people wearing a face mask is part socialization, part training, and part handling. We’ll start with general information about why we may need to train a dog to accept face masks. The training techniques are about one third down the page and comprise the second half of the article….
Andrew Ledford your hound dog trainer 714-827-4058 Yes I like hounds and I do Hound Dog training in Southern California. That is pet hound dog training. The training I do is for pet dogs and not hunting dogs. Although I do like going out to talk with the hunting hound dog groups in the area….
I started this article for a new project I am working on. As I was writing, it occurred to me that pet owners and others may benefit from some of the information. Let me start with a synopsis of my bio. I first started training when I was around 11 years old. In high school…
Do your have two dogs that act aggressive with each other?Here are a few ideas on how to deal the dog aggression problems in the home. Keeping dogs that are aggressive toward each other is not a problem most people have. However, it is a problem I encounter enough that I wanted to write about…
