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Monday, January 8, 2024

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Tech Savvy (ecollar)

Tech Savvy, Lesson 2/Moving Sit & then Lesson 3, Utility Turn'n'Sit
Tech Savvy, Ecollar Lesson 1 The Random Recall
Tech Savvy: Understanding 'pressure' and how it translates to the ecollar use correctly
Tech Savvy: Overview
Ecollar - before you begin

Class emails

Class emails

FOUNDATION Course Glossary

FC Week 4 Glossary
FC Week 3 Glossary
FC Glossary: The first 2 weeks of LL and QT
FOUNDATION Course Glossary of New Terms, Intro and Week 1

FOUNDATION Course Articles

KMODT - The 'Magic' of Week 6 - Why it Works article
"KMODT Week 5: Why it works' by Deb Kidwell
"Hell Week" AKA Week 4 - Why it works by Deb Kidwell
KMODT Week 3 – Why It Works by Deb Kidwell
Intro to LL and LL (Week 1) - Why the KMODT works so well" Excellent article by Deb Kidwell (student, breeder of Labs and a Phd in History)
Week 1: Understanding the 4 canine drives and use of Distractions by Deb Kidwell

These are worth reading, listening to, and watching

NADOI Article # 1: The Bend in the Road Story (how I ended up a KMODT Instructor)
NADOI article # 2: How I choose new students
NADOI Article # 3: Picking the RIGHT Puppy Matters
True story, "It's a Clean Break" (or how to train a dog no matter what happens)
Posted a fabulous (but old) article, Four Ways to Walk a Dog, by Mike Lenehan. So worth the read.
Roxanne gives a radio interview on Pack Dynamics
KMODT video for national publication - 5 of these dogs were feral, street, dogs rescued from market in Kuwait

Important Links

How to use YouTube to embed video inside a New Post in a Blog videos
*IMPORTANT* what words to use with your dog
BEST DOG FOOD: The ONLY dry food that has NEVER been recalled - Life's Abundance, I am a distributor
Health RISKS of unnecessary spay/neuter (2 articles written by vets)
Do the Dew(claws)? by Dr. Chris Zink, renowned sport vet specialist and author.

FINAL HOMEWORK Week 10: Novice run thru

Week 10: AKC Novice trial with Ghost (my student's dog). This IS your Week 10 Final EXAM
Examples of Week 10 EXAMs (your homework is the same as the EXAM)
HOMEWORK Week 10: Polishing the SSIF and Finish
HOMEWORK Week 9 & 10: A visual "L" shaped heeling pattern. A visual Figure 8.

HOMEWORK Week 9: Beginner Novice

HOMEWORK Week 9: Beginner Novice exercises + BN EXAM (preview of Week 9 material)
HOMEWORK Week 9: The BN pieces demo & practice with Maggie
HOMEWORK Week 9 & 10: A visual "L" shaped heeling pattern. A visual Figure 8.
HOMEWORK Week 9: Increasing speed on Recall

HOMEWORK Week 8: Dog learns Reliability

Ruth is 6 months old today. AND SHE PASSED HER WEEK 8 EXAM BEAUTIFULLY THIS MORNING.
HOMEWORK Week 8: Beginner Novice exercises (preview of Week 9 material)
HOMEWORK Week 8: How to work a dog in less than 10 minutes (and have a VERY tired dog)
HOMEWORK Week 7-8: The Sit Walkabout
HOMEWORK Week 8: Walk Away Stays
HOMEWORK Week 8: The Relaxation Walk
HOMEWORK Week 7-8 : The "Heads up" command (to eliminate sniffing). ONLY if needed for your dog.

HOMEWORK Week 7: Dog learns Acceptance.

Week 7 Cliff Notes overview
HOMEWORK Week 7-8 : The "Heads up" command (to eliminate sniffing). ONLY if needed for your dog.
Week 7: Increasing distance on formal Recall
Week 7: Explanation of Tabs, Tab usage, the psychology of light lines, and 2 demo's
HOMEWORK Week 7: Intro to light lines..BE CAREFUL
WRITTEN (AND VIDEO) HOMEWORK Week 7: Dog learns Acceptance.

HOMEWORK Week 6: Dog learns Accountability

HOMEWORK Week 6: The Active Sit
HOMEWORK Week 6: The sheer MAGIC of TC
HOMEWORK Week 6: Understanding the psychology of TC - true story how TC work saved Moxie's life
HOMEWORK Week 6: The all-important and vastly misunderstood, rarely understood, phenomenal 'magic' of TC
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 6: Dog learns to be accountable no matter what is happening.

HOMEWORK Week 5: Cliff Notes

Week 5 Overview Cliff Notes
Week 5 Cliff Notes: Return to Your Dog
Week 4 -5 Cliff Notes Sit/Stay EXPANDED

HOMEWORK Week 5: Dog learns Patience

HOMEWORK Week 5: The Recall with more distance using Front Place Board to shape dog
HOMEWORK Week 5: The Down Correction + showing the sequence of the Down as we progress
HOMEWORK Week 5: Return to your Dog
HOMEWORK Week 5: The Finish
HOMEWORK Week 5 - How to fix a 'flared' Sit using left hand turn mechanics
HOMEWORK Week 5: Proofing the Stand/Stays
HOMEWORK Week 5: How to get a stranger to do an 'EXAM' correctly
HOMEWORK Week 5: Continued Sit/Stays and Diminishing circles.
Week 5: Fixing slow starts (Lagging) and working dog briskly.
HOMEWORK Week 5: Using poles to weave as you strengthen heeling position
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 5: Dog learns Patience and Resignation

HOMEWORK Week 4 Cliff Notes

Week 4 Cliff Notes Overview
Week 4 Cliff Notes Figure 8
Week 4 Cliff Notes Heeling review and "Place" extended
Week 4 Cliff Notes Turn Review and NEW Turn, Left About Turn
Week 4 Cliff Notes The Recall to SSIF
Cliff Notes: Week 4 Recall to SSIF
Week 4 Cliff Notes: Heeling and Approach by a Stranger
HOMEWORK Week 4: Stand/Stay Circles
Week 4 Cliff Notes The Recall to SSIF

HOMEWORK Week 4: Dog learns Subordination

HOMEWORK Week 4: How to fix beginner heeling position errors
HOMEWORK Week 4: The DOWN with an aggressive GSD, Pree having a hissie fit meltdown and Boaz 'Down' blooper
HOMEWORK Week 4: Shaping the Downs (25 a day)/ Days 1-3 are done SILENTLY, Days 4-6 add the verbal command, "Down"
HOMEWORK Week 4: Introduction to the Recall (SSIF=Straight Sit in Front)
HOMEWORK Week 4: The Approach with a stranger
HOMEWORK Week 4: The Left About Turn - oh so fun!
HOMEWORK Week 4: Footwork = steps to help your dog heel well
HOMEWORK Week 4: The Figure 8 taught with straight lines
HOMEWORK Week 4: Something to read and ponder. In life, there are 4%'rs and the 96%'rs..which are you?
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 4: (AKA Hell Week)
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 4: (AKA Hell Week)

HOMEWORK Week 3: Cliff Notes

Cliff Notes Week 3 Overview
Cliff Notes Week 3: Heeling Post Cliff Notes
Cliff Notes Week 3: Place
Cliff Notes Week 3: How to regulate the 'J' loop of your leash
Cliff Notes Week 3: Fix for lagging dog & *NEW* Pace changes
Cliff Notes Week 3: Pace Changes
Cliff Notes Week 3: Pace Changes and Heeling Patterns
Cliff Notes Week 3: Refresher on Halt mechanics to AS & *NEW* Exercise Finish (EF)
Cliff Notes Week 3: Stand
Cliff Notes Week 3: Stand Photo Sequence

HOMEWORK Week 3: Dog learns Discipline

HOMEWORK Week 3, Alternative Stand Mechanics
HOMEWORK Week 3 - The Stand (done silently Week 3, Days 1-3), Add "Stand" command to Week 3, Days 4-6
HOMEWORK Week 3: Sit/Stay
HOMEWORK Week 3: Leash position makes ALL the difference (Nava as the distraction dog from long, long ago)
HOMEWORK Week 3 #: The magic of the Heeling Post
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 3: Dog learns Responsibility as Safety Zone shrinks to 12" - 18"

HOMEWORK Week 2 (Cliff Notes) a new to you section

Cliff Notes - Week 2: Left Training Turn
Cliff Notes - Week 2 The Right Turn and AS
Cliff Notes - Week 2 Working with 'Fido' to learn the new Halt mechanics to AS
HOMEWORK Week 2: Cliff Notes, Straight Line Heeling

HOMEWORK Week 2: Dog learns Responsibility

HOMEWORK Week 2: The Right Turn
HOMEWORK Week 2: Halt mechanics to get the AS (Auto Sit)
Week 2, Days 1/2 & Days 3/4 "Training with Fido"
HOMEWORK Week 2: The Sit and the 3 turns
HOMEWORK Week 2 - Understanding the "OUT' as demonstrated by a dam with her demanding puppies (Applied Punisher in the dog world)
HOMEWORK: Week 2 = The "OUT!" why it works and how it works (instruction + videos)

HOMEWORK: Dog learns Attention

HOMEWORK: The Cool-Down (done after every training session)
HOMEWORK Week 1 Days 5 & 6: HIGH levels of distractions for both LL and QT
HOMEWORK: Week 1 Day 3: Boaz LL with planted distractions (med level of distractions)
HOMEWORK Week 1 Days 1 & 2: With Boaz- my young pup
HOMEWORK: Week 1, Day 1. Longe Line Lesson with Roxanne handling Jacque. Less than 8 minutes of work for Jacque to rethink his position and be mentally toast.
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 1, Days 1-6, The Quiet Time Exercise (Passive Training)
WRITTEN HOMEWORK : Active work = understanding LL & 80/20 rule (active training)

HOMEWORK: Intro to Inverted Longe Line (ILL)

HOMEWORK: The Cool-Down (done after every training session)
Intro to Inverted LL example: How to do 270 Left Turn in an corridor, footwork for the Turn
Picture of Correction of 270 left turn
At 14-15 weeks old, Intro to Puppy Inverted LL work in alley/corridor/tunnel, etc
HOMEWORK: Introduction to Inverted Longe Line (ILL)
HOMEWORK Intro to LL: LL do's and don'ts + videos and pictures
How to have instant control of your dog using the LL (Longe Line)
HOMEWORK Week 1 intro: 16 minutes reviewing Quiet Time, LL and safety equipment
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 1, Days 1-6, The Quiet Time Exercise (Passive Training)
WRITTEN HOMEWORK : Active work = understanding LL & 80/20 rule (active training)
HOMEWORK: How to correctly put on a chain slip collar.

HOMEWORK: Before you begin

HOMEWORK: Before you begin

Student EXAMS

3-23-24 Week 9 BN EXAM
3- 9, 2024 Week 8 Walk- Away Stay. Student Trina/Zoey
3-2-24 Week 7 EXAM. Student Trina/Zoey
2-24-24 Week 6 EXAM. Student Trina/Zoey
2-17-24 Week 5 EXAM # 2, 'String Test'. Student Trina/Zoey
2-13-24 Week 5 EXAM # 1: Vickster's Test. Student Trina/Zoey
2-10-23 Week 4 EXAM videos. Student Trina/Zoey
2-3-24 Week 3 EXAM #2. Student Trina/Zoey
1-31-24 Week 3 EXAM # 1. Student Trina/Zoey
1-28-24 Week 2 EXAM Tunnel of Love. Student Trina/Zoey
1-20-24 Week 1 EXAM. Student Trina/Zoey

Instructors EXAMS

Week 8 EXAM
Week 7 EXAM examples
EXAM Week 6: The effects of TC -
AND drumroll please......Redd successfully did her Week 5, EXAM # 2 String Test
Redd's practice Week 5 EXAM # 2 String Test(s)
Week 5 EXAM # 2: The infamous 'String Test'. Several examples of String Tests
Week 5 POP QUIZ....please submit (this is NOT the Week 5 EXAM # 2)
Nova week 5 exam 1
2-16-24 Week 5 EXAM # 1, Instructor Jessi/Nova
Week 5 EXAM # 1: The Vickster's Test
Nova’s week 4
Week 4 EXAMs with Leenie, Redd and Boaz
Week 3 EXAM # 2: Silence is Golden (no words used at all on this EXAM)
Week 3, EXAM.#1, Instructor Jessi/Nova
Week 3 EXAM # 1
1-28-2024 FC Tunnel of Love EXAM(s). When students need to retest an EXAM, my setups are TOUGH.
Week 2 EXAM
Week 4 EXAMs with Leenie, Redd and Boaz
Week 2 EXAM example with Hannah
Week 1 EXAM
1-18-24 Week 1 EXAM. Instructor Jessi/16 week old Cane Corso, Nova
Jessi Wyatt

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The unnamed puppy - Jett?

12-30-2024 Jett meets the Pack
12-28-2024 The unnamed puppy - Jett?

What it took for me to become a Nationally Certified Dog Instructor

NADOI Article # 1: The Bend in the Road Story (how I ended up a KMODT Instructor)
What it took for Roxanne to become a Journeyman II Instructor at Applewoods School for Dog Trainers

Fun Stuff!

My FAVORITE Puppy Pack run photo -:)
Annie/Eli litter PATT (Puppy Aptitude Temperament Testing) 2-8-2020. Wittle Red(d) AND the black collar male puppy that didn't test well
Some advanced jumping: Drago, Iko, Sugar, & Pree
Boaz photos of his socialization journey as a mere puppy
Boaz joins our home June 2017
Pree as a puppy meets Ghost - WHEW!
Sugar as a puppy
Saturday sensory overload for 4-month-old Sugar.

AKC Trials, Titles & Events (all them ribbons & stuff)

Redd's Mannerly Puppy EXAM @ 17 weeks old
AKC trials and titles with my dogs and my students' dogs
Sugar and Roxanne's 7th Leg for AKC UDX title
Week 10: A Novice trial with my students' dog, Ghost
Slideshow: Museum of Maritime Pets 9-23-2013 @ Atlantic Marina
All Stars 2014...Team Applewoods! Sugar is # 2 dog in the country!

Understanding your dog's genetic wiring

"The Misbehavior of Organisms" by Breland and Breland 1961
Understanding 'Instinctive Drift' and what that means to you, the dog owner

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