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I'm working with a young adult dog, almost 2 years old. His natural inclination to indication is split; sometimes he nose-bumps and lays, other times he slaps at it with his feet or straight out tries digging at it. Other than only rewarding for the desired nose-bump and lay combo (vs any...

We were introduced to weaves in agility last week! Yay! I just wanted to get people's feelings on how they taught them, since we've still got some work on proofing entrances before adding additional poles. Our trainer described the 2 x 2 method last night, but we didn't try it because it was...

I have never heard of this. I had asked a local behaviorist about how to get our 2 males to like each other ( i asked here too and got great advice). She recommended Shaping. Basic google says its breaking 1 big step into smaller. Im not sure how that would work in this case. Has anyone heard of...