Thanks for the excellent opinions. Otis is from a rescue situation. He's been with us one year. I did post in this section because he does wear an ecollar which was started to help train him to stay with me when he's off lead. Yes, I was asking if the behavior warranted using the ecollar to correct. As I wrote the question, the answer became obvious that the "attacks" need to be stopped. He's a great dog, fun to live with, intelligent. "no" is usually enough to control him... but I will use the collar if necessary.
To my knowledge there isn't any agility groups here on the north coast of Oregon, but he would be a good participant. We run him 2-3 hours most days (no kidding). He does point and stalk rabbits whenever possible. Again, thanks for the comments..much appreciated. Alexis
To my knowledge there isn't any agility groups here on the north coast of Oregon, but he would be a good participant. We run him 2-3 hours most days (no kidding). He does point and stalk rabbits whenever possible. Again, thanks for the comments..much appreciated. Alexis
What kind of training/mental exercise does he have outside of running? Running is great, but for many young, healthy dogs running by itself just builds endurance. Incorporating training in with their exercise helps to really satisfy them as it makes them use their brain!
Not sure where you're at in OR but there is a pretty active agility club in Portland http://www.columbiaagility.org/ if this is too far for you, I'd still contact them to ask if they knew of any closer places to train
The closest agility I could find was Forest Grove which isn't a possibility. We're midway between Astoria and Tillamook.
Most of his time is spent doing whatever we are doing...he delivers newspapers, he carries things for us up two flights of stairs. He interacts with people and other dogs on a daily basis. He knows basic obedience without difficulty. Since my last post he has stopped the "stalking" behavior when told "no". He works for me while he is on the beach. "down" "stay" "touch" , he knows hand signals, responds to his vibration pager on the collar by making eye contact for next instruction, great response to whistle commands....he is just an outstanding dog. I just couldn't figure out what he was doing with the strange "play" thing.
He's the smartest dog I've ever owned, but it is a challenge to keep him busy.
Playground equipment is a decent substitute to actual agility equipment.
I like to take my dogs in the early morning or at night when the park is empty and work them on the playground. It is a great workout and confidence builder for them.
Loki loves it too, and he is a big scaredy-cat. It has really helped him get used to different textures and heights as well as learn to trust that if I call him across something it really is safe.
This summer my goal is to get him to at least go UP the open slat spiral staircase at the lake. I don't blame him for avoiding it, it scares me a little too, but it would be nice not to have to take him outside and down a rocky hill every time we want to go to bed.
The only thing she hesitates on is going down the slide. I dont make her do it, sometimes she will do it on her own and sometimes she won't.
Our playground is awesome for agility. We do pole weaves under the jungle gym, there is a hoop to jump through, a bench to jump on or over, and a suspension bridge to run across.
I'll third the playground! It's our favorite place to train. Distractions are different every day, with all kinds of fun things to climb/crawl/jump on/over/under. Great fun!
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