Reilee's Journey to Obedience 2-2026

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4-18-2026 Week 4 EXAM(s). Student Mike/Reilee

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RoxanneApril 20, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Mike R April 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Class Videos

4-6-2026 FC Week 3, Class videos. Trina works Reilee on Stand
3-16-26 FC Week 2a class videos
3-9-2026 FC Week 1 (officially) LL in open spaces
3-2-2026 FC Lesson 1: Intro to ILL

FOUNDATION Course Articles (Why KMODT works so well, Week 1-6))

"KMODT Week 5: Why it works" by Deb Kidwell
Week 4 'KMODT, Why It Works' by Deb Kidwell
KMODT Week 3 – Why It Works by Deb Kidwell
FC Week 2 article, 'Why it Works' by Deb Kidwell
Intro to LL and LL (Week 1) 'Why the KMODT works so well'. Excellent article by Deb Kidwell (student, breeder of Labs and a PhD in History)

FOUNDATION Course Glossary

FC Week 4 Glossary
FC Week 3 Glossary
FC Week 2 Glossary
FOUNDATION Course Glossary First Lesson

Meet your fellow students, AKA 'Demo Teams', 'Hobby Instructors', 'Lead Instructor'

Welcome Mike, Pat and Reilee! Jessi Wyatt, Lead Instructor
Meet Mary, AKC CGC Evaluator # 112735, Advanced Graduate Student, Hobby Instructor, her dog Molly (recovering from surgery) and newest, Ellie
Meet Trina, Advanced Graduate Student and Hobby Instructor and wee wittle Zoey and Toy Poodle, Jett!
Meet Gayle, Graduate Student and Olive, her Therapy Dog extraordinaire. Gayle and Olive are one of my Demo Teams
Meet Kat, Advanced Graduate Student and Hobby Instructor and her dog, Niko!
Meet Pat & Luna & Loki and granddaughter, Lyvi

Class contact information

HOMEWORK Week 5 Cliff Notes

Week 5 Cliff Notes: Return to Your Dog
Week 4 -5 Cliff Notes Sit/Stay EXPANDED
Week 5 Overview Cliff Notes

HOMEWORK Week 5: Dog learns Patience (so does the owner)

HOMEWORK Week 5: The Recall with more distance using Front Place Board to shape dog
HOMEWORK Week 5: The Down Correction + showing the sequence of the Down as we progress
HOMEWORK Week 5: The Finish
HOMEWORK Week 5: Return to your Dog
HOMEWORK Week 5: How to get a stranger to do an 'EXAM' correctly
HOMEWORK Week 5: Continued Sit/Stays and Diminishing circles
HOMEWORK Week 5: Proofing the Stand/Stays
HOMEWORK Week 5 - How to fix a 'flared' Sit using left hand turn mechanics
HOMEWORK Week 5: Fixing slow starts (Lagging) and working dog briskly
Week 5: How to fix lagging (wincing) or a dog that is to wide (forward right diagonal step while heeling)
FC Week 5: The diagonal forward step for a to wide or to slow of a dog's pace
Week 5: Using upright poles to strengthen Heel position
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 5: Dog learns Patience and Resignation

HOMEWORK Week 4 Cliff Notes

Week 4 Cliff Notes Overview
Week 4 Cliff Notes: Heeling and Approach by a Stranger
Week 4 Cliff Notes: Recall to SSIF videos
Week 4 Cliff Notes: The Recall to SSIF
Week 4 Cliff Notes Turn Review and NEW Turn, Left About Turn
Week 4 Cliff Notes Heeling review and "Place" extended
Week 4 Cliff Notes Figure 8

HOMEWORK Week 4, AKA "Hell Week". Dog learns Subordination

HOMEWORK Week 4: The DOWN with an aggressive GSD, Pree having a hissie fit meltdown and Boaz 'Down' blooper
HOMEWORK Week 4: Shaping the Downs (25 a day)/ Days 1-3 are done SILENTLY, Days 4-6 add the verbal command, "Down"
HOMEWORK Week 4: The Stand Circles
HOMEWORK Week 4: Introduction to formal Recall (the SSIF)
HOMEWORK Week 4: Figure 8 taught with straight lines
HOMEWORK Week 4: Approach by a Stranger
HOMEWORK Week 4: The Left About Turn - oh so fun!
HOMEWORK Week 4: Footwork = steps to help your dog heel well
HOMEWORK Week 4: Why is it so hard?
HOMEWORK Week 4: Something to read and ponder. In life, there are 4%'rs and the 96%'rs..which are you?

HOMEWORK Cliff Notes Week 3

Week 3 Cliff Notes: Stand
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Stand Photo Sequence
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Place
Week 3 Cliff Notes: How to regulate the 'J' loop of your leash
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Fix for lagging dog & *NEW* Pace changes
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Refresher on 3-Step Halt mechanics to AS & *NEW* Exercise Finish (EF)
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Pace Changes
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Pace Changes and Heeling Patterns
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Heeling Post
Week 3 Cliff Notes: Overview

HOMEWORK Week 3: Dog learns Discipline

HOMEWORK Week 3 - The Stand (done silently Week 3, Days 1-3), Add "Stand" command to Week 3, Days 4-6
HOMEWORK Week 3: Sit/Stay
HOMEWORK Week 3: Leash position makes ALL the difference (Nava as the distraction dog from long, long ago)
HOMEWORK Week 3 #: The magic of the Heeling Post
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 3: Dog learns Discipline as Safety Zone shrinks to 12" - 18"

Cliff Notes FC Week 2B

2-21-26 EXTRA help for the 3-Step Halt to AS, FC Week 2b
FC Week 2b: Photo sequencing of the KISS, Sit Correction
FC Week 2b: The KISS to AS + Sit Correction in photo sequence
Week 2b, Cliff Notes: Working with 'Fido' to learn the new Halt mechanics to Auto Sit (AS)
Homework Week 2b: Halt Mechanics to AS

HOMEWORK Week 2b: Dog learns Responsibility

FC Week 2b: The KISS to AS + Sit Correction in photo sequence
FC Week 2b: Photo sequencing of the KISS, Sit Correction
Homework Week 2b: Halt Mechanics to AS

CLIFF NOTES FC Week 2a

Week 2b, Cliff Notes: Working with 'Fido' to learn the new Halt mechanics to Auto Sit (AS)
Week 2: Cliff Notes Straight Line Heeling
Week 2a Cliff Notes: Left Training Turn
Week 2a Cliff Notes: The Right Turn and AS

HOMEWORK FC Week 2a: Dog learns Responsibility

9-14-2025 FC Week 2a, Da 3 Amigos results
Homework Week 2a: Halt Mechanics to AS in SloMo
Week 2a, Days 1-6: "Training with Fido"
HOMEWORK Week 2a: Photo Sequence + written instructions for 3-Step Halt to AS (Auto Sit) Days 1--3 (silently), Days 4-6 (add verbal "Sit")
FC Week 2a: How a dam teaches her puppies to respect her 'No!' the Applied Punisher
HOMEWORK: Week 2a = The "OUT!" why it works and how it works. The Auto Sit (AS) and the 3 turns

HOMEWORK Week 1 (officially): Dog learns Attention

HOMEWORK: The Cool-Down (done after every training session)
7-16-2022 Ruth doing ILL against VERY HIGH distractions
3-31-2021 Ace and Jessi. Week 1 in ridiculously HIGH distractions
1-15-24 Trina/Zoey, Week 1 Lesson, LL in open space
HOMEWORK Week 1 Days 5 & 6: HIGH levels of distractions for both LL and QT
Need help? Sugar to the rescue for LL
HOMEWORK: Week 1 Day 3: Boaz, LL with planted distractions (med level of distractions)
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 1, Days 1-6, The Quiet Time Exercise (Passive Training)
WRITTEN HOMEWORK: Active work = understanding LL & 80/20 rule (active training)

HOMEWORK FC Lesson 1: The Intro to ILL(Introduction to Inverted Longe Line)

HOMEWORK: The Cool-Down (done after every training session)
Picture of Corrective 270 left turn
HOMEWORK Intro to LL: LL do's and don'ts + videos and pictures
HOMEWORK: Lesson 1 - Intro to Inverted Longe Line (ILL)
HOMEWORK Lesson 1 intro: 16 minutes reviewing Quiet Time, LL and safety equipment
WRITTEN HOMEWORK Week 1, Days 1-6, The Quiet Time Exercise (Passive Training)
WRITTEN HOMEWORK: Active work = understanding LL & 80/20 rule (active training)

HOMEWORK: Due before we meet Monday March 2, 2026 @ 4 pm

HOMEWORK: Due before our 1st lesson on Monday, March 2, 2026 @ 4-5:30 pm

Student EXAMS

4-18-2026 Week 4 EXAM(s). Student Mike/Reilee
4-11-2026 Week 3 EXAM # 2: Silence is Golden. Student Mike/Reilee
4-8-2026 Week 3 EXAM # 1: Body Bend Readiness Test. Student Mike/Reilee
4-3-2026 FC Week 2b EXAM: Tunnel of Love. Student Mike/Reilee
3-14-26 FC Week 1 EXAM. Student Mike/Reilee

INSTRUCTOR Exams

Week 4 EXAM(s) in two videos
Week 3 EXAM # 2: Silence IS Golden (no words, commands or sounds to be made by handler at all during this EXAM)
Week 3 EXAM # 1: Body Bend Readiness Test
FC Week 2b EXAM: The Tunnel of Love
FC Week 1 EXAM examples

IMPORTANT

How to use YouTube to embed video inside a New Post in a Blog videos
Life's Abundance Dog Food. This is the ONLY dry dog food I will give my dogs. It has NEVER had a single recall done.
Do the Dew(claws)? by Dr. Chris Zink, renowned sport vet specialist and author
Health RISKS of unnecessary spay/neuter (2 articles written by vets)
*IMPORTANT* what words to use with your dog

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Just for FUN!

My FAVORITE Puppy Pack run photo -:)
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Boaz photos of his socialization journey as a mere puppy
Pree as a puppy meets Ghost - WHEW!
Saturday event, a sensory overload for 4-month-old Sugar
Sugar as a puppy

AKC Trials'n'Events (lots of history, here)

AKC trials and titles with my dogs and my students' dogs
Slideshow: Museum of Maritime Pets 9-23-2013 @ Atlantic Marina
Sugar and Roxanne's 7th Leg for AKC UDX title
All Stars 2014...Team Applewoods! Sugar is # 2 dog in the country!
Pree earning legs for her AKC Senior Hunter title
Boaz earning legs for his AKC Junior Hunter title
Redd and Ruth's Mannerly Puppy EXAMs @ 16 weeks old

Understanding your dog's genetic hard-wiring

"The Misbehavior of Organisms" by Breland and Breland 1961
Instinct versus Environment conversation

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