Pamela Johnson (pamelamarxsen) spends a lot of her time making free how-to youtube videos on a variety of topics. Some of these include agility, canine freestyle, tricks, behavior modification, puppy training, and cat tricks. "It is my dream to have my own facility. A place to provide large group seminars or host a dog camp. With several dog sports fields, a doggie swimming center, herding rings, and a freestyle arena I envision a place where people bring their dogs to learn and have fun! " www.pamsdogacademy.com I originally started this video for only teaching a dog to move from a stay position, but realized that I use release words for much more than this. So, during the process of this video I changed my focus and I hope that I did not confuse anyone with my crazy ranting on release cues. I really hope that it is clear and understandable. I also try to use language that is easy for all to understand. I do not want my videos to be just for dog trainers. I want everyone to be able to understand my methods and be able to use them. Release cues can be great for training tricks which I use them for a lot. Since I do canine freestyle and agility, there are times when I might want duration for a particular trick say a sit pretty as another dog runs around the dog that is sitting pretty. I have to teach the dog to sit pretty until he is released. The same goes for agility at the start line. I have to teach my dogs to stay at the start line until I release them to run the ...