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Working Dogs

Working Dogs
May 9, 20192Comments

Who’s to blame? 3 Reasons your dog won’t “Out” their toy

“I’m having trouble with my OUT,” he said as I met him on the grassy field. “My dog just won’t let go of the toy. And when he does finally

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General Training
April 18, 20195Comments

5 Tips to Prevent Injury While Playing Fetch with Your Dog

She stepped out into the grassy field. Chuck-it in hand, and dog prancing gleefully at her side, she thought about work, and her mounting to-do list and then pushed it

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Decoy in bite suit touches Malinois while Malinois bites into suit in exercise.
Working Dogs
March 25, 20185Comments

Missed Messages: Is Your Dog Feeling Secure in Bitework or Tug Play?

“Check out this video. What do you think? I’d love your opinion” It was sent to me by a friend and it was a video of her young dog starting bitework.

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Working Dogs
June 6, 20176Comments

An Exercise in Frustration – Is your Drive Work Really Helping?

“Drag him back,” the decoy coached. The dog barked wildly, threatening to take his handler to the ground as he pulled to reach his target. He wanted to bite. It’s

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General Training
April 5, 20178Comments

Combatting Brain Melt – The Technique That Transformed My Dog’s “OUT”

The dog is insane. It’s no secret. If you met him, you’d quickly realize he has more drive than sense. He’s a bull in a china shop, and he’d have no

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Meagan Karnes Playing Tug with Black Malinois
General Training
March 21, 201731Comments

Getting Strategic: The Top 5 Mistakes Handlers Make when Playing with Their Tug-Crazy Dogs

The tug was made of leather, roughly stitched, with two bright red handles fashioned from a strip of utility webbing. Being the MacGyver style, former Navy SEAL that he was, he

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Working Dogs
December 23, 20161Comments

Reward it Right: Assessing Your Dog’s Wants for a Conflict Free Out

“Out!” I called, holding the toy firmly in one hand as I spoke the word, a lead in my other hand attached to the dog in front of me. I

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Working Dogs
December 2, 20165Comments

You Can’t Go It Alone: Treating Bitework as a Team Sport

“An out to a guard?” I asked. It was more a statement than a question, as I knew what was coming next. The decoy nodded, the massive 90lb Malinois’ jaws shut

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General Training
November 22, 20165Comments

2 Strangers, A Malinois and A Precarious Game of Jenga

I picked him up on Monday. I really wasn't prepared to take him, but as I had been pining over him for more than a year, when he became available

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