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by Ruger1 on 05 September 2010 - 04:09
Mudwick.... You have great imagination...thanks for the ideas...
VanessaT..."" it's a case of a problem handler not a problem dog!""...This is very true in my case...
Abby Normal....That, I do...
by Myracle on 05 September 2010 - 07:09
And then of course, there's the sudden realization I had when my dog was oooh... 11 months old or so?
It has been my email signature ever since:
"Its not the dog you're training, after all."
It has been my email signature ever since:
"Its not the dog you're training, after all."
by Louise M. Penery on 05 September 2010 - 15:09
Train the positions on a bench, from the very beginning.
This is very similar to place board training which is often used with retriever breeds and e-collar training.Table training of the retrieve, sit , and down, is but an extension of place board training. I have a garage full of place boards of various sizes purchased when training (retraining) my boys when we worked privately with Jim Dobbs in Marysville. Placeboards are also helpful when teaching the vor aus, the hurdle, and the wall (so that the dog learns not to leap off the top of it), the blind search, the hold and bark in the blind, the call-out, the escape, etc..
This is very similar to place board training which is often used with retriever breeds and e-collar training.Table training of the retrieve, sit , and down, is but an extension of place board training. I have a garage full of place boards of various sizes purchased when training (retraining) my boys when we worked privately with Jim Dobbs in Marysville. Placeboards are also helpful when teaching the vor aus, the hurdle, and the wall (so that the dog learns not to leap off the top of it), the blind search, the hold and bark in the blind, the call-out, the escape, etc..
by Myracle on 07 September 2010 - 01:09
Ladder work with my girl, yesterday:
by Skie on 07 September 2010 - 02:09
Great picture.
by Myracle on 07 September 2010 - 02:09
She's gotten to the point she likes ladder work so much, she drags me over to it.
She seems to honestly enjoy the trust and teamwork involved in working the ladder. I can't recommend enough doing these sorts of exercises with your dogs, regardless of your venue.
They're good not only to teach the dog to be aware of it's body mechanics [which is useful for those of us who enage in very physically demanding sports with our dogs], but they also deepen the bond between you and the dog.
The dog has to trust that you're not going to let it fall, that you're going to help guide it's foot to the next rung, help it find it's center of balance, etc etc...
She seems to honestly enjoy the trust and teamwork involved in working the ladder. I can't recommend enough doing these sorts of exercises with your dogs, regardless of your venue.
They're good not only to teach the dog to be aware of it's body mechanics [which is useful for those of us who enage in very physically demanding sports with our dogs], but they also deepen the bond between you and the dog.
The dog has to trust that you're not going to let it fall, that you're going to help guide it's foot to the next rung, help it find it's center of balance, etc etc...
by Ruger1 on 07 September 2010 - 04:09
Abby Normal....The picture I posted of the puppy on the bench belongs to Mudwick ..And the puppy is adorable,,lol..
Mudwick...I am too tired to go into detail tonight, but I had fun this afternoon getting Prince to sit and down on crates and boards.....Thanks,,,
Ruger1
Mudwick...I am too tired to go into detail tonight, but I had fun this afternoon getting Prince to sit and down on crates and boards.....Thanks,,,
Ruger1
by Myracle on 07 September 2010 - 04:09
The pic of the pup on the bench belongs not to me, but my club.
He is one seriously adorable pup though- although his owner is not thrilled that we have sawdust in part of our training field. It sticks to his pup like velcro, lol.
He is one seriously adorable pup though- although his owner is not thrilled that we have sawdust in part of our training field. It sticks to his pup like velcro, lol.
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