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December 2015: Make Lazy Training Work for You
A little training goes a long way. 
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Make Lazy Dog Training Work for You

Make Lazy Training Work for You

Lazy isn't always bad.

When you love what you do for a living, it’s easy to get caught up in it and take it a little too far. Like a dog trainer teaching a complicated series of behaviors just to see if she can. But sometimes, being lazy and taking shortcuts can pay off, too.

I stole the topic for this month’s newsletter straight out of my own life. A couple months ago, my husband needed open heart surgery. Open-heart surgery is fairly extensive, to say the least. Lots of healing needs to happen and there is a fair amount of pain at the incision site, in the muscles, and where all the wires and tubes were placed for the surgery. He spent a week in the hospital, and then came home to spend another five weeks of recovery in our recliner (lying flat was out of the question – too painful). This month’s newsletter is all about lazy training and how it helped my husband's recovery process AND helped our dogs, who were very eager to greet him after his weeklong absence.

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The Smart Dog University blog is going strong into it's 8th year! Here are some articles we've shared over the past eight years. 

The Blog is full of articles on just about every dog training topic. Many of our articles are accompanied by videos, too, so you can get a feel for what clicker training is all about.

Here are a few past articles worth seeing: We'll be highlighting more articles in upcoming issues, too. If you don't see what you're looking for, use the search feature on the blog to really zero in on what you're looking for!
5 Tips to Train Your Husband
I was buzzing through town the other day when I spied a dog training franchise. The slogan on their truck said something like “No, we DON’T teach husbands or kids.” I had to laugh because here at Smart Dog University, that’s exactly what we DO! In addition to dogs, we teach husbands, kids, wives, neighbors, co-workers, and relatives.

Here are some tips that will help you get that husband (or whomever) behaving a little more like you want...

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Speaking in Reno

I'm headed to Reno, NV next month to deliver four talks at ClickerExpo.

The talks are centered around business (Scratch Your Niche), being a better instructor (Triple Planning; Effective Management Plans) and social media (Roadmap for Social Media Success). 

Reno is sold out, but there are a few spots left for ClickerExpo Cincinnati. I'll also be attending CE Cincinnati, hopefully in the company of Tango (well mannered, friendly dogs are welcome at CE!). 

 

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