In the last few years, since my canine strength cert/parkour experience deepened, I have worked really hard to eliminate body pressure from my training. One of the skills where body pressure is most easily applied is when we are teaching a ‘backup.” We walk towards our dogs and “voila” they back up…or drop into a sit, as a reaction to our pressure. The Int’l Parkour Association changed that for me! Now, this is my favorite way to teach a beep beep. 😉 Much clearer and cleaner training, no body pressure!

Tell us all your training fun - big or little wins! I’ll go first: Mollee walked politely on a leash twice in public. If you know of her enthusiasm, you know that’s a big deal. (I also got my first shin splint in 20+ years running in my chacos…) And y’all?