Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: resolutions
now that the season is nearly over does anyone have any training resloutions for the summer - ready for next year? _________________ Guy, Ellie, Topaz, Catja and in memory Barley
Beauty from Structure
www.epagneulbreton.org.uk
Well at the moment the only resolution I have is to get the Club books finished to take to the Auditor. Once that is done, hopefully this week, I want to get fitter for my dogs. I'm a long way off that, so hope Paul McKenna's system starts to work soon :-)
I have been trying a clicker on Belle for retrieving but I don't think I've got it right yet, need to read up a bit more first.
Annie
Clicker - you have 'charged' the clicker? and you have started from the delivery rather than the retrieve?
Diet - South Beach worked very well and was nice food to eat. Await comments from the antipodean wanderer _________________ Guy, Ellie, Topaz, Catja and in memory Barley
Beauty from Structure
www.epagneulbreton.org.uk
What do you mean - charged the clicker? At the momnet I just click and treat if she touches the soft toy. If I throw it she'll go and pick it up and take it off to her bed.
Wish South Beach was an option - not available on Gov pensions regrettably
You need the dog to understand that click mean treats. So click at arbitrary times and give a tit bit, they soon learn to look for the reward on hearing the click.
Then hold the dummy and if Belle so much as looks at it click and treat; after a couple of repeats up the ante and wait till she sniffs, click and treat. repeat. opens mouth; holds in mouth; here you will need to introduce 'dead' or give' for a release. picks up off hand; picks up off hand when hand on floor - you get the idea, break it up into small pieces. Starting where you want the dog to finish.
Guy, mine resolution is still the stop whistle...its coming together slowly but I think I could do with some pigeons to help with it; talking of homers I cannot locate a solitary one fledgling for the loft - must be asking the wrong people. _________________ "...amitie, respect mutuel et amour..."
Surprisingly, I found Allez really easy to teach the stop. Like the clicker training I did it in little bits. Started at 8 weeks when I got him with sit for food, then sit and wait for food, then sit, wait, take it, then sit with whistle, wait, take it lengthening the distance between him and his bowl each time; and so on. The only problem I encountered was a few weeks ago, when I stopped him on the whistle in the field he wouldn't move when I called him in. I had to go and get him and put the lead on, then move him to another spot and release him. Tried it a few times with same response. Couldn't fathom it out. Then one day he was a bit far for me to be bothered going for him(only about 200 yards - laziness on my part) so I used the recall whistle instead - BINGO - he cme back like greased lightning, knocking me over in the process. Stupid me hadn't thought to use the whistle to call him in before, and clever lad had worked out that whistle command needed whistle release. Now he comes in with voice or whistle(I started doing whistle recall followed immediately by name recall from a nearby stop) and he will stop at 100 yards or more whether on outrun or on way towards me. HAsn't been distraction tested yet though
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