Short video: There’s A Game For That!
Teaching Life Skills Through Games
How does it work? How can games help a dog learn all the things necessary?
These games were developed by Tom Mitchell (BSc BVSc MRCVS) and Lauren Langman from AbsoluteDogs in the UK.
I discovered how effective and fun the 3 minute games were in 2016 and have been using them for my own dogs’ development as well as in my agility classes when my student’s dogs were struggling with focus, recall, lack of confidence, reactivity …..
There is science behind these games; how and why they work and Tom and Lauren are constantly developing their method and adding new games.
Early in 2018 I had the opportunity to become a Certified Pro Dog Trainer and am excited to share my knowledge and experience with dog owners from all walks of life and help them improve their relationship with their dogs, turning struggles into strengths.
Jai was born in my house and never had a bad experience, but he was a little “different” growing up. He really didn’t like other dogs or strangers in spite of my efforts to ‘socialize’ him. Through playing the games, he overcame wanting to chase cars and reacting to everything he saw and he has become my duck herding demo dog, where he often has to work in close proximity to people.
Boundary games are a huge part of the training games, promoting calmness and self control. In the photo, Jai found a ‘boundary’ in a hardware store and chose to put himself on it.
In June 2020 Djin joined my family and he was my first puppy who was raised through games based concept training from day 1. It was such a joy seeing him develop confidence and growing skills, learning to make good choices and most of all: learning to mind his own business! He grew up through covid times and was 100% home-schooled, yet he learned all the skills he needed, through playing games, at home and soon became my reliable demo dog for teaching classes!
In this video Tom Mitchell explains what concept training is all about: watch the video on Facebook
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