This workshop is geared for foundation training. Whether you have plans to compete in performance events or just want a family member with good house manners, learning foundation skills becomes the building blocks for everything you do with your dog. 

How to use a conditioned re-inforcer
* Developing body awareness-shaping behavior vs luring
• Shaping attention, attention with distraction
• Target or go to marker
• How to build a fast “come”
• Teaching sit and down stays
• Beginning retrieving/Retrieving on the flat
• Hold and delivery to hand
• Mark and directed retrieve
• Q/A – Problem solving advice (Will solicit questions in
advance of the workshop)