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Tag Archives: Sue Ailsby’s Training Levels
“Testing Through” the Levels
The whole post in three words: Don’t do it. Start at the beginning. I’ve mentioned before that I use Sue Ailsby’s Training Levels as a guide for training my dogs. The Levels comprise an organized method for teaching your dog. The … Continue reading
8 Common Dog Training Errors: Cautionary Tales
As the great trainer Bob Bailey says, training is simple but not easy. The principles are very simple and straightforward, but actually applying them in practice can be very difficult. I’ve mentioned many times that I am not a professional … Continue reading
Dogs Leave it at a Higher Level: Zen on the Move
Pictures of dogs exhibiting self-control while covered with or surrounded by cookies, dog biscuits, or hot dogs are popular ways people Fame their dogs. You can see plenty of them on the Dog Faming FaceBook page. And here is Paisley doing … Continue reading
Posted in Dog Training, Zen/Leave it
Tagged its yer choice, Leave it, Loose leash, Sue Ailsby's Training Levels, Zen
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Level 1 Breakfast
Those who have read for a while know that I use Sue Ailsby’s Training Levels to structure my training. For you new folks: go check them out! They are a great resource if you are training your dog on your … Continue reading
Posted in Cues, Dog Training, Generalization, Zen/Leave it
Tagged down, recall, sit, Sue Ailsby's Training Levels, target, Zen
25 Comments
Wordless Wednesday: Bopping the Wall
This is a video follow up to one of my more embarrassing posts: “Lumping It: A Public Service Announcement.” In that post I described, and showed in the video, how I repeatedly raised my criteria too quickly when trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Dog Training, Fun, Generalization
Tagged learning from errors, learning from mistakes, missed cue, Sue Ailsby's Training Levels, target, Zani
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There is Hope: One Trainer’s Journey from Liverwurst to Kibble
Recently on a dog training Yahoo group, a trainer wrote about needing to use hot dogs and lunch meat to train her dog. She was dismayed that her dog wouldn’t work for kibble. She asked the group if she was … Continue reading
But How Do I Tell My Dog She’s Wrong?
This is a common question for beginning clicker trainers. First we learn the rudiments of marker training: that if we mark and reinforce the behavior we want, it will increase until we can eventually put it on cue. But at … Continue reading
Halfway Through Madeline’s 1,000 Treat Challenge: Clara is Relaxing!
Wait ’til you see this! Clara and I are halfway through our 1000 treats for Madeline Clark Gabriel’s 1,000 Treat Challenge and I couldn’t be more pleased with our progress. The behavior I chose for Clara’s 1000 treats and structured training is … Continue reading
Training Levels: Making it My Own
One of the very cool things about Sue Ailsby’s Training Levels is that they are extremely structured but also completely individualizable. The Levels provide a method of learning to communicate with your dog and teach her concepts, in the guise … Continue reading
Posted in Arousal, Cues, Dog Training
Tagged Clara, default behavior, environmental cues, eye contact, learning from errors, Sue Ailsby's Training Levels, Summer
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Madeline’s 1,000 Treat Challenge: Starting Week 2
We are now starting Week 2 of Madeline Clark Gabriel’s 1,000 Treat Challenge. If you are late to the party, be sure and read my original post, or at least watch my “before” video. The behavior I chose for Clara is Relax from … Continue reading
