My 2 year old female has what I explain as, "Slow" drive. As mentioned in a previous post, she was a kennel dog and I have had her since Thanksgiving. She likes tugging but is not crazy about it like my 8 month old gsd. What can I do to increase her drive? I have watched the "Drive" video from Leerburg and it is great, but are there additional things that I can do to increase her drive? Thanks!
Yes, it takes her a while to get excited and even then she's only partially interested. I know that I need to give her time but there's got to be more that I can do to build her drive. Even at home and during training? See...when she was younger, they started training her and said that she had drive to get the tug....they stopped training her and put her in a kennel. I now have her and am trying to get her drive back...if you can do that. :-) Any suggestions would be appreciated. I know that some dogs wont do it but I'm not giving up yet....I haven't tried all my options. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Well slow to kick in = being in a kennel ???? I can see working with a dog that has a good object drive but this flinks video will only work with those kinda of dogs ??? I honestly dont know how much you are going to improve a 2yr old dog with this video ??? Bernard says this training wont work with certain dogs ( like my mal I sold ). Just my newbie 2 cents
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Brad's right on the money there, Bernhard has said at every seminar that a dog needs a genetic level of "5" to do his type of drive work successfully.
Motivation drive training ( whether for food or an item ) requires a dog to have some genetic level of drive as above. Without it, you're back to compulsion or better yet replacing the dog with a more suitable work animal.
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It is hard without seeing the dog.
Some dogs of that age all it takes is a month of solid play and drive building for it to surface. Others... don't hold your breath!
I personally wouldn't/won't wait, I just have no tolerance for the square hole, round peg thing.. BUT, if you are determined, egt a tug and play like crazy with the dog yourself at home, build the drive for the tug, teach the dog what a neat game it is.. then hope it carries over to the helper/decoy!
Oh, and kennels? My dogs are more nuts after being left kenneled for any length of time.
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Question on tug drive. My dog really seems to love playing tug, but he is also quick to stop in the event of big distractions like other dogs. I use a tug after my heel/sit work and then again after my heel/down work everyday. The heel/down work conclude my training and then I move to 2 ball.
At the end of the tug play I have him out it and then I tease him with it a few times and then I start to walk over to my bag for the chuck-it and balls. When I do this he completely forgets about the tug and sprints over to the bag. Is this bad?
Same thing if I am playing tug at the park and suddenly a dog comes nearby or my wife who meets me there shows up. He just drops the tug and focuses on the distraction.
I started working with a trainer and when we are at the field he has a very diminished tug drive and grip compared to when I play at home alone???
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YOU have to be of higher value to the dog than anything else around you. What is your 'play' like? Are you like a limp noodel swinging the tug around? Or do you act like a total retard? If it is the former, try the latter.. Reward and play a LOT more often. Not 'after' your sit/heel work.. during! As an example.. Get the dog to heel two steps - reward and play, then maybe heel 15 steps - reward and play, next time make it 1 step, or 20 steps, or 6 steps so the dog never knows when it is coming.
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I guess I'm a little lazy doing the tug on my end. I all amp it up and start playing tug more often. I'll try to throw the tug in more often during training like you said. Man it's a lot of work!!!
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