http://www.fannygott.com Fri, 14 May 2010 17:26:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Squid, 19 months old, passed the swedish herding test yesterday! This is the lowest level of herding trials and also something the dog must pass if you want to breed it (and register the dogs with the kennel club). It was my first time competing in herding and I was ... http://www.fannygott.com/squids-herding-test Thomas picked up his new dog at the airport 3 weeks ago. Her name is Jen and she's a 8-month-old border collie that we've bought from Derek Scrimgeour in England. She is a very friendly and soft girl, and she is adjusting to her new life well. She's doesn't seem ... http://www.fannygott.com/jen Spring is really here now and I'm enjoying every day. All my agility equipment is at home again and we're mostly working on contacts, weaves and jump grids right now. Squid's running contacts have been a bigger challenge than Shejpa's and Missy's. Both Shejpa and Missy chose a nice style ... http://www.fannygott.com/running-contacts-update I'm really falling behind with the english blog, but I'll try to update more often in the future. We've had a long winter and the snow has just gone (although it is snowing again today). We have still been able to do a lot of training indoors and both girls ... http://www.fannygott.com/weaving-2x2 We're having a pretty extreme vinter for the south of Sweden. We have about 85 cm of snow and more coming this weekend. I don't mind a bit of snow, as it makes everything brighter and cleaner, but this is really too much. We can't train or teach in our ... http://www.fannygott.com/some-videos I got a question about how I add a cue to a shaped behavior, and why I do it that way. When you add a cue, you can choose to add the cue before the behavior, as the dog performs the behavior, or after the behavior (just before the click ... http://www.fannygott.com/adding-a-cue Squid's uncle Fog Squids mother Fly Fly Fly och Fog Squid Mother and daughter herding together Fly and Squid Fly with Squid in the background My friends puppy. Strandängens Flynn, 10 weeks old Flynn meets the sheep for the first time Flynn Flynn Flynn Flynn Halfsiblings Arvid and Fly Arvid and Fly http://www.fannygott.com/herding-in-the-snow Wow! I love that so many have contributed to the discussion on shaping. In total (Swedish and English blog) there are over 50 comments made. This seems to be a topic that needs discussion. I'm going to write some of my own thoughts on the subject, but of course, I ... http://www.fannygott.com/some-of-my-thoughts-on-shaping I posted this question in my Swedish blog, but I would love to get some thoughts from my international readers as well. I've got the impression that shaping is less common in the US than it is here. Clicker trainers seem to choose targeting or even luring more often. Please submit ... http://www.fannygott.com/is-shaping-for-all-dogs Squid is doing well, but I'm letting her rest for a while to make sure that she doesn't get sick again. She's still eating every other hour, and I'm using that as an opportunity to train some much needed skills (while watching winter sports on TV). One of them is ... http://www.fannygott.com/rear-cross-foundations