I will have to work tomorrow and so does my friend Patricia but we will listen to the Recording: How do you work with dogs that are lacking confidence or have negativ associations with play? How do you work when dogs are general picky eater?

@Alex Lato

Thank you

Hello, I am Christine and live with two chesapeake bay retriever in Austria. I saw this course on Rachel`s webpage and later she also wrote to me about it. I thought this is what I was looking for my friend and it would be for sure nice for mine too. When I tried to enter my friend I ended up being in it and as we did not find a way to change it. I thougt it is a sign and so we are in it too. I am a dog trainer and kinesiologist and since last year finished my dog physio training in Germany which I am only allowed to use massage and fitness training on healthy dogs in Austria. My dogs do scent detection (conservation detection- cadaver), SAR, retriever work, obedience and a bit of home hoopers and therapy dog work. Bilbo 8 years is a very noisy dog when his expectation is high which is always when ever he excpects work but very relaxed and calm in daily life. Saki 2 years is noisier in daily life when she is excited or frustrated but otherwise also calm and relaxed. Due to my earning from Bilbo she can work much calmer and mostly quiet. I have been a dog trainer at Tierschutz Austria a mass shelter for over 10 years and playing with dogs was not allowed there. So we used mainly food and life rewards for training. Though Bilbo and Saki are rewarded with play e.g. for finds in scent detection or SAR - I find myself playing much less with them than I used to with my prior dogs.