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by Vixen on 20 October 2011 - 23:10
Chaz, Not sure I understand your query, but I am being polite and assuming that you have, and enjoy a good relationship with your dog.
Regards,
Vixen
Regards,
Vixen
by Chaz Reinhold on 21 October 2011 - 00:10
No, you are. I'm just lost at how you could know the relationship between myself and my dog. I asked you earlier what type of training because there are things I'd do differently if I wasn't going for points.
by Pirates Lair on 21 October 2011 - 03:10
Well, dogs do get bored, and when they do their performance starts to dwindle.
Where is the challenge to the dog if you run the same agility course every time? I work my 9 week old pups on an agility course, along with other things, it gets mixed up to keep them alert and stimulated.
The agility course and how they run it gets changed constantly for the same reason.
And, It is Always About the Dog
JMO
Kim
Where is the challenge to the dog if you run the same agility course every time? I work my 9 week old pups on an agility course, along with other things, it gets mixed up to keep them alert and stimulated.
The agility course and how they run it gets changed constantly for the same reason.
And, It is Always About the Dog
JMO
Kim
by dutss on 21 October 2011 - 10:10
obedience is a big part of agility.....in fact agility is all about obedinece if you are directing you dog to do each exercise.
Just be happy you could get two for the price of one.
If you dont like the agility do obedience around all of the obstacles when it is your turn. Great for proofing.
Just be happy you could get two for the price of one.
If you dont like the agility do obedience around all of the obstacles when it is your turn. Great for proofing.
by alboe2009 on 22 October 2011 - 03:10
Dogs do get bored, even service dogs. Say if my EDD nonchalantly, (sp?) disregards a "detailed search" when I'm detailing or he wants to "jump" ahead in the search bypassing things/areas/places he shouldn't have. UNACCEPTABLE! Definitely have to shake up the training. And even at times no training. Let the dog enjoy being a dog. Revitalize.
by Mindhunt on 22 October 2011 - 23:10
Anybody with any degree of intelligence will get bored with the same thing over and over, dogs included. The more intelligent the dog, the quicker they get bored with routine and sameness. I always try to shake up their training/work just to give them something new to think about (of course once the basics/foundations are firmly in place). I want my dogs to problem solve and be able to think their way through new scenarios. Training should be fun and challenging, not the same old thing day in and day out.
by Kaffirdog on 23 October 2011 - 08:10
When you contacted the club, how did they present themselves?
Obedience club can sometimes be a very generic term. I used to go to several different dog club in the evenings, one was dedicated to competition obedience and that was all they did, after the beginner class it was all intensive training of competition exercises, one was geared to pet people and concentrated on general behaviour and the Good Citizens tests and another was general pet training with more advanced exercises as the classes progressed and they would sometimes throw in a bit of agility and tricks to vary things a bit, especially in the advanced class where the participants were mostly very long standing members who had no aspirations to compete in anything outside the club competition nights and just enjoyed training their dogs to do whatever they were capable of while socialising with their friends and what they did on any particular night tended to be more a reflection of what the participants fancied doing than what the instructor planned. I used to enjoy all the clubs and it is a great regret that I am unable to attend any of them now because of being on call every night and never felt the variations were detrimental to my own dogs training, quite the reverse.
I guess it is down to what kind of club they were.
Margaret N-J
Obedience club can sometimes be a very generic term. I used to go to several different dog club in the evenings, one was dedicated to competition obedience and that was all they did, after the beginner class it was all intensive training of competition exercises, one was geared to pet people and concentrated on general behaviour and the Good Citizens tests and another was general pet training with more advanced exercises as the classes progressed and they would sometimes throw in a bit of agility and tricks to vary things a bit, especially in the advanced class where the participants were mostly very long standing members who had no aspirations to compete in anything outside the club competition nights and just enjoyed training their dogs to do whatever they were capable of while socialising with their friends and what they did on any particular night tended to be more a reflection of what the participants fancied doing than what the instructor planned. I used to enjoy all the clubs and it is a great regret that I am unable to attend any of them now because of being on call every night and never felt the variations were detrimental to my own dogs training, quite the reverse.
I guess it is down to what kind of club they were.
Margaret N-J
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