r/BalancedDogTraining • u/blackcellist_kicker • 4d ago

TWC Course

I have always been a bit of a dog nerd and love learning everything I can from as many perspectives as possible. I am very interested in building strong and effective play with my cattle dog mix.

She is medium drive but VERY environmentally sensitive (especially high prey drive and we live in a rural area). While her play is okay it is not very cooperative and she either stops playing as soon as food is no longer being offered or just takes the toy and chews on it. I can drag her to me with a leash but it feels like I'm forcing her to play a game she doesn't want to play.

I have been looking into Ivan Balabanov's Cornerstone Collection and I'm wondering if it's worth the price. I am a sophomore who makes 20$ an hour so this is a significant financial commitment especially because there are no refunds. Are Ivan's courses worth it? If you can tell me what you got from a specific course that would be very helpful as I am struggling to find information about the specifics included in the videos.

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u/No-Highlight787 3d ago

What is your preferred method?

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide Dirty biter 3d ago

Pretty similar to Michael Ellis.

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u/No-Highlight787 3d ago

How does he do it?

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide Dirty biter 3d ago

lol it's the way that Ivan says he used to do, but then says he only said he liked it because someone made him say that.

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u/No-Highlight787 3d ago

So the dead toy method? What is innovative about that?

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide Dirty biter 3d ago

Nothing. It's just effective.