When a dog gets it right during our dog training sessions, we celebrate! When she gets it wrong, we are silent. There’s no need for pain or punishment. This humane method of dog training works. There’s nothing better for me as a humane dog trainer than watching my dogs learn to learn while moving along a training plan to a goal. Dobermann Emilie Lifts Her Dumbbell and Makes Me Giddy from Helen Verte Schwarzmann, CTC on Vimeo. Do you want {Read More}
Spatial Dog Training
May 3, 2017 By
Like any dog, my new rescued Dobermann, Emile, is learning from both me and the environment. She’s curious and cautious, which is a good combination. When she first arrived, her house manners were scant because, I believe, she hadn’t been in a house before. She would quickly turn around so hard and fast that she gave no credence to what was behind her. The last time she did this, she’d slammed her head into a door. I was worried about {Read More}
Trick Dog Champion
April 30, 2017 By
The AKC is starting a new set of titles for people who like to teach their dogs tricks. The titles are Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Performer. I trained my Australian Shepherd to the Trick Dog Champion title through Do More With Your Dogs. So now that the AKC is recognizing and grandfathering in DMWYD titles through 2017, I’ve decided to apply for Dudley’s AKC equivalent for his TDCH title – Performer. Below is the video we put together when Dudley {Read More}
Training An Adopted Rescue Dog
April 28, 2017 By
The only thing better than watching a dog do a happy dance is watching a recently rescued shelter dog doing a happy dance. This is our new addition, Miss Emilie. I adopted her from a shelter a month ago, and here is a comparison of her shelter photo and her photo now. When she arrived, she was still drying up from the litter of puppies she’d been nursing. God only knows where those puppies are now. Miss Emilie was exhausted {Read More}
Dogs Air Caching
April 27, 2017 By
Take a look at this one-second video. What do you think is happening? In an instant, it looks as if Emilie the Dobermann is done with her toy and pushing it off the dog couch. She looks a little sassy, doesn’t she? But that’s looking through the human-centric lens. What is really happening is a misfire in Emilie’s innate behavior. That behavior is caching, or burying, usually food, to dig up at a later date when hungry. When Dobermann Emilie {Read More}
