YouTube - A csoportunkról (About our group)

these folks designed, trained + performed in the *Walkin on Sunshine*
and Euro-Dog Show team freestyle-event - vid-clips which i posted,
just a day or two ago.

this clip talks about their *mirror-method*, the base of their training,
as they feel that dogs -reflect- owners in personality + behavior:
patient handler, patient dog; calm handler, calm dog; anger in
handler, anger in dog. (makes sense to me! ;--)

they also use a form of NILIF to make the person relevant, and
teach the dog to look to the handler for cues + resources;
they use clicker-training to train cued-chains and behaviors -
the results i think, speak for themselves! they are amateurs,
and MOST are working with their *first!* dog -
which i find truly remarkable.

i think their videos are thrilling -
it is wonderful to see enthusiasm and friendly, exuberant behavior,
as well as on-cue complex performances - Well done!

cheers,
--- terry

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terry pride, APDT-Aus, apdt#1827, CVA, TDF
*wolves R wolves, dogs R dogs, + primates R us.*
tmp, sept-2007

hey, caroline! :--)


i found a channel for *nora*, one of the club-members -
YouTube - norcsii's Channel



there is also a coming attractions announcement, promising that an English captions website will be up soon.
i am looking forward to it!
their enthusiasm spills from their dogs like bubbles in champagne - great fun!

there is a rumor of an English-caption or dubbed DVD, or a possible publish-on-demand book.
any or all would suit me fine,

cheers,
--- terry

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terry pride, APDT-Aus, apdt#1827, CVA, TDF
*wolves R wolves, dogs R dogs, + primates R us.*
tmp, sept-2007

yes - but what i most appreciate is not just that it works, but that it is much more enjoyable as a process.

after all, if neither U nor the dog enjoy training, but rather dread it, or see it as some sort of drudgery to trudge thru, i can be pretty confident that U will not do much training! in fact, U will avoid it like the plague, using everything from less-than-perfect weather to a broken fingernail as an excuse to dodge the duty. and naturally, when the weather really is perfect -
well, it would be a real pity to ruin such a lovely day with more of that regimented drilling, wouldn;t it?

so what with one thing and another -
that pesky nail, the kids pageant, that rainy Saturday, the project at work, and so on and so forth...
the dog could die of old age before U get thru the basics of 5 position changes, and a low-level recall in a fenced area!

people and dogs who enjoy their training slip it painlessly and seamlessly into their lives everyday, doing a sit-stay at the front door while the kids go out to the bus, having the dog go to their mat during dinner-prep, and so on, plus they specifically set aside small chunks of time for real training sessions... for no other reason than because they and the dog like to have fun training.

dogs whose owners enjoy training have continuing education credits, LOL...
learning is lifelong, indeed!

happy training,
--- terry

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terry pride, APDT-Aus, apdt#1827, CVA, TDF
*wolves R wolves, dogs R dogs, + primates R us.*
tmp, sept-2007