Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202
Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202
Phone: (573) 443-0716 or Email: Contact Us
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Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202
Phone: (573) 443-0716 or Email: Contact Us
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This California dog trainer and her two dogs set the record for most tricks in a minute by two dogs. One of the dogs set another record for fastest crawl. In this video she also explains how she teaches the tricks. 
Many of the winning tricks are ones our students are teaching their dogs Join our tricks classes – Great fun for both you and the dog. In this picture (right), the puppy is learning to hug.
Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202
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This entertaining report created by dog trainer Graeme Hall lists the five naughtiest dog breeds – dogs most in need of training, exercise and guidance from their families.
Let us help you keep your dog off the ‘naughty’ list.
The UK information came from a survey by the GoodMove, a home buying company in the United Kingdom, among its clients. How would you rate your dog? What breed would you put at the top of the naughty list?
All dogs need jobs to do, and if one doesn’t create the job for their dog, the dog most likely will create the dog’s own – often one we don’t want.
Their ranking had Labs, Border Collies and Beagles at the top of their list. Read the article to find the other two.
Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202
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The answer is Yes & No – based on a four year research project at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-74310-7
The research used the Vienna Dog Personality Test (VIDOPET) to study the dogs Sociability-obedience, Activity-independence, Novelty seeking, Problem orientation, and Frustration tolerance. They tested 217 Border Collies from six months to 15 years of age. They retested 37 dogs four years later.
They found, as in human personalities, the more active dogs among their peers at a young age remained the more active as they aged. However, among the five traits, they found individual differences. For example novelty-seeking – that is a dog’s interest in distractions – did not decline until middle age and continued to decline, and problem-orientation – that is a dog’s interest in and ability to solve problems – increased until middle age and remained stable after that.
Because of the individual differences among dogs, researchers cautioned against over-generalization of global age trends in dogs.
Those criteria used is in this test are important elements of the training activities throughout our school beginning with puppies to introduce them to the human world we’ve invited them into and help them conclude – Been there, Done that, No need to worry about that. https://dogschooling.com/puppy-kindergarten/
Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202
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This story from the Victoria, British Columbia, newspaper describes the insistent barking of the family’s dog one evening. When the owner, finally did open the door to see what was prompting the barks, she found her elderly mother on the sidewalk near the home unable to get up. The 80-year-old had tripped. The story reports the mother has recovered after a few days in the hospital.
The lesson for us – pay attention; read your dog. The dog may well have important information for you.
Helping humans ‘read’ their dogs is an important part of the training throughout the classes in our school.
Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202
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In week’s edition, Newsweek publishes a list of the 63 smartest dog breeds. The article ranks them from 63rd to first – An interesting read.
The rankings come from the primary book on the subject, The Intelligence of Dogs, my Professor Stanley Coren. Coren based his ranking on obedience, working and adaptive intelligences. He described adaptive intelligence as a dog’s ability to problem-solve on its own. His research included surveys among dog owners, rankings from obedience trail judges and collaboration with the American and Canadian Kennel Clubs.
The article has pictures of breed representatives and brief descriptions. It provides an estimate of how many repetitions it takes for a dog to learn a command and what percent of the time the dog complies with a command given the first time.
https://www.newsweek.com/these-are-63-smartest-dog-breeds-1554265
A Border Collie’s eye – staring down the dog’s herding targets — is an essential part of the dog’s success. Here puppy, Tweed, practices his eye focusing on the family cat.
Our six Border Collie puppies had their first visit to the front yard today (2/3). Click on any image to see a larger picture. Then, click the back arrow on the browser to return to this gallery.
Everyone wants her/his dog to pay attention. Here is a short video on how to earn that attention and another on the fun and joy o
ne can have from that earning. The first [https://youtu.be/O12W4l0tSJQ ] shows how much attention the handler must pay to the dog. The second [https://youtu.be/1yg8x-Rewr8] shows the payoff from that effort.