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Training Your Performance Dog
Carolyn Fuhrer
Carolyn Fuhrer has earned over 80 AKC titles with her Golden Retrievers, including 2 Champion Tracker titles. Carolyn is the owner of North Star Dog Training School in Somerville, Maine. She has been teaching people to understand their dogs for over 25 years. You can contact her with questions, suggestions, and ideas for her column by e-mailing carolyn@dogsatnorthstar.com.
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Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Nov 30Agility – Are Manners and Obedience Necessary? YES, YES, YES! I can't tell you how many times we receive a call from a frustrated pet owner who ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Oct 01Some people are disappointed when they call us asking for pet classes, and we explain that's not what we do; we train performance dogs. While a ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Aug 01On August 5, 2018 at Colby College in Waterville, ME, Mid Coast Kennel Club of Maine will put on a Variable Surface Tracking Test. The test begins ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Jun 01Training Your Performance Dog Agility, Obedience, Tracking TD and TDU Tracking Tests: What's The Difference? The Tracking Dog (TD) test and ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Apr 01Today, more than ever, there are so many opportunities to enter competitions with our dogs. While different venues may have different rules and ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Feb 01Agility, if introduced and taught correctly, can be a wonderful experience for almost any dog. Agility can help build confidence by exposing dogs ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Dec 01While indoor scent work is popular with many people and fun for dogs, if you have never had the opportunity to track in a real situation with your ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Nov 01Agility, Obedience, Tracking AKC has a new titling program: The AKC Trick Dog. It is designed so dogs and their owners can have fun learning ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Sep 01Agility – The Importance of Foundation Skills Many people will watch agility on TV or at a local trial and make the comment, “my dog could do ...
ACT I and II – AKC Agility: New Agility Opportunity for Beginners
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Jul 01Training Your Performance Dog Agility, Obedience, Tracking By Carolyn Fuhrer ACT I and II – AKC Agility: New Agility Opportunity for Beginners Th...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - May 01TRACKING –WHAT IS NEEDED FOR FOUNDATION In order for your dog to be successful in tracking, he needs to learn to work through many situations ...
Training Your Performance Dog: Agility, Obedience, Tracking
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Mar 01Today there is more and more focus on how stress affects our health. These same concepts also apply to our dogs. We, as humans, can use stress ...
Training Your Performance Dog
By Carolyn Fuhrer - Jan 01New Obedience Rules in 2018 There are quite a few new rule changes to the Novice and Open classes in Obedience. The overall general theme that has ...
