Want to train new behaviors faster? With fewer reps? Here’s what you need!
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by Mari
1y ago
I’m a huge fan of +R training. That doesn’t mean I always succeed in making my training sessions a fully positive experience, it also doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate good training even if it’s not not entirely +R. Good training is good training. But for my own dogs and my student’s dogs I always prefer to choose the most +R training journey I can.  One of the foundations of R+ training is making sure your dog has all the prerequisite skills in place for learning the new exercise. It could be that your dog has to know a specific reinforcement delivery (are you going to reinforce from your ..read more
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Could this be the reason why your dog slows down on the dog walk?
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by Mari
1y ago
“Oh, it’s that left rear leg again” I thought to myself. We were just training weave entries with Mr Bo. I was quite proud of how fast he’d progressed and was just trying some trickier entry angles… When Bo started barking during a left turn entry to the weaves. Bo is a vocal boy. But usually barking shows up when he’s getting frustrated (read: not a happy place). And what’s worse, he also started showing a millisecond of doubt just when approaching the weaves during that session. For some reason he wasn’t 100% sure if he really wanted to do the weaves or not… And that’s a dog who is willin ..read more
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Don’t miss out on these bonuses coordination training has!
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by Mari
1y ago
Everything our dogs do requires coordination. Whether they are staying still or moving, they have to know where all of their different body parts are and how they move with respect to the environment around them and the other body parts. In order to succeed in sports, the learner must have excellent body awareness and coordination skills to navigate the challenges offered by sports exercises. Yet, coordination skills are something that we rarely think about when training our dogs. Even when we do, there seems to be a very limited set of exercises we can do! One of the main limitations is ..read more
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Linking physical skills to poisoned cues
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by Mari
1y ago
In this blog post we’re going to talk about poisoned cues. The topic of poisoned cues tends to have negative feelings attached to it and I’m sorry if this topic is difficult to read. My intention is not to make you feel uncomfortable, but rather talk about dogs physical capabilities and their relation to the development of poisoned cues. I’ve rarely seen this side of things discussed, so here we go What is a poisoned cue? First of all, what is a poisoned cue? A cue is considered to be poisoned when the learner associates both pleasant and unpleasant consequences with that cue. It means that ..read more
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Want to train new behaviors faster? With fewer reps? Here’s what you need!
The Moving Canine Blog
by Mari
1y ago
I’m a huge fan of +R training. That doesn’t mean I always succeed in making my training sessions a fully positive experience, it also doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate good training even if it’s not not entirely +R. Good training is good training. But for my own dogs and my student’s dogs I always prefer to choose the most +R training journey I can.  One of the foundations of R+ training is making sure your dog has all the prerequisite skills in place for learning the new exercise. It could be that your dog has to know a specific reinforcement delivery (are you going to reinforce from your ..read more
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What to do if your agility dog is scared of the high dog walk?
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by Mari
1y ago
Height is one of the biggest challenges of running the dog walk. It’s not only scary for us, the humans, worried about our dogs potentially falling off and injuring themselves… It’s also scary for many dogs.  Few weeks ago my own balance and coordination coach decided to run our weekly training session in a local urban parkour park. Here it is, a training ground full of high concrete walls, railings and other surfaces that allow training different parkour moves like running on the walls, hanging from railings and jumping from one railing to another.  For one of the exercises I was ..read more
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How to make sure that your warm up routines ACTUALLY improve your dog’s performance?
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by Mari
1y ago
Are you already doing warm ups with your dog before training sessions? Great! Then you probably already know the benefits of warming up muscles and other soft tissues, preparing the body for work and thus reducing the risk of injuries. However… warm ups are not only about physical preparation for the upcoming sport challenges.  Warm ups are also a mental preparation for the work. And warming up the nervous system for the exercises! However, the latter – warming up the nervous system – is probably the most overlooked component of warm ups. It is way more common to hear about warm ups in t ..read more
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Discover the top 3 things missing from most canine fitness routines
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by Mari
1y ago
Canine fitness training is gaining popularity for improving canine athletes’ strength and reducing the risk of overload injuries. And it’s an amazing tool for improving the quality of life of our canine companions! However, canine fitness training is so much more than just strengthening work outs and a bit of body awareness and coordination training! Canine fitness training is amazing for improving your dog’s physical well-being! No matter the sports your dog is participating in – his body is involved in every single activity. And the better your dog knows how to use his body, how to move, th ..read more
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How to get your dog from being reckless on the dog walk to running it with precision. SAFELY
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by Mari
1y ago
As a dog agility enthusiast you probably already know that teaching your dog to run on the dog walk can take a while. Isn’t it a well known belief that training running contacts needs lots of repetitions?! And it quickly becomes even more challenging and time consuming with dogs who are reckless, who misplace their paws off to the side, lose balance and even fall during the training sessions. While we may see success stories like “Amazing! She got a competition ready running dog walk in just 2 months!” on social media, we rarely see the stories of dogs who are actually struggling with running ..read more
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Reducing the risk of injuries through smarter training
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by Mari
1y ago
For quite some time now I’ve been trying to figure out what is my mission with The Moving Canine. You’d think that the mission comes first, is clear in our heads, and only then do we start sharing information with the world… But it’s not always that easy! I’m a canine fitness trainer, yet I don’t talk much about strengthening work. Instead, you’ve seen me talking about movement skills, coordination and body awareness – all topics that I’m really passionate about. You’ve also seen me talking about handler mechanics, arousal levels and our training choices. Another passion of mine.  One of ..read more
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