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by Shelley Strohl on 04 October 2007 - 18:10
I'm having the same problems with Portia. I finally went to a little compulsion last night, back-tying her on the pole and teaching her to sit in front of me with the dumbell with the second leash under it and look in my eyes. Hopefully I won't have to get ugly with her, but tnothing else has worked so I'm back to the way I always used to teach her. I suspect its going to take me another month to get her correct. My male, Bijou, is taking to it like a duck to water just with motivation, thank goodness
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by realcold on 04 October 2007 - 19:10
Shelley. I also do the cable /leash tie-out. With compulsion. Only I make them hold quiet and firm before pivoting in front. This is all finished before I would ever even think of throwing. As always teach the last piece first.
by Langhaar on 04 October 2007 - 22:10
I do not use compulsion, never found it necessary, especially in the retrieve.
I think you should go right back to basics, teach your dog to hold for incrementally longer periods.
by sueincc on 25 January 2009 - 18:01
by macawpower58 on 25 January 2009 - 21:01
I'd like to state that my boy is doing so much better. I took the advice of no correcting in front of me, ever! I also took the advice of backing up. I'd do so in a playful manner, offering slight tug games with the dumbell in his mouth. I'd offer tugging, and then gentle stroking under the chin, all the while praising, then trott back a couple more paces. He began holding it longer and longer, following me as I backed up. He will now bring it at a run, sit and hold. The hold is not as firm a grip as I'd like, but we are so much better than we were back when I asked for help. And he now looks like he's having fun while doing so.
I turned the excersize into a fun game, went back to some basics, and his stress slowly dissapeared.
The advice I recieved in this thread helped tremendously.
by sueincc on 25 January 2009 - 21:01
I bumped this thread because I thought it not only had some great advise, it was a very good training topic. I figured some people who perhaps had not seen it before might want to add to it, maybe add more advise or ask more questions related to dumbbells. After all:
Retrieve on the Flat = 10
Ret over meter Jump = 15
Retrieve over Wall = 15
40 points is one HELL of a big chunk of the score!
by Sam1427 on 25 January 2009 - 22:01
by SitasMom on 25 January 2009 - 22:01
once he knows to bring it and to hold it, you can work on each sepreately or at the same time.
by getreal on 14 February 2009 - 16:02
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