Course Details
Want more clarity in your communication with your dog? Are you feeling like your reinforcement is good, but not GREAT? And what’s with these different marker cues that everyone is talking about-are they really necessary?
Let’s take those marker cues and explain them as they really are-reinforcement cues. A verbal cue that tells your dog exactly what they are getting, and where and how to get it. And then another verbal cue that tells your dog different thing they are getting and how to access that thing! And then another and another.
Join me in this presentation as I explain why this might benefit your communication system with your dog and how to implement these reinforcement strategies. Reinforcement is what drives behavior, and I think we should spend some time exploring this concept and teaching yourself and your dog.
About the Instructor:
Shade Whitesel (she/her) has been training and competing in dog sports since she was a kid. Always curious in how dogs learn, she has successfully competed in IGP/IPO/Schutzhund, AKC obedience and French Ring. Along the way, Shade has received a perfect score in the IPO tracking phase on two separate dogs, a perfect score in IPO obedience, placements at Nationals and Regionals in Schutzhund and numerous 1st in class in AKC. Shade currently competes with Talic, who just started his AKC obedience career with a 1st in class, Novice B, and a High in Trial!
Though Shade is owned by highly motivated working line German Shepherds and is known for her toy skills and marker cues classes, she especially enjoys teaching foundation skills to all manner of dogs and their people. Good training and learning starts at the beginning.
What started out as an experiment — competing at the National level in IPO without the use of an e-collar — has now turned into a firm commitment to the positive method, and the desire to teach other trainers and dogs how to be successful in all the things with as little pressure as possible.
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