My working GSD bitch Xena is 11.5 months old now..(1 year old on 18th March)..
It's still early days, and she's by no means perfect...(but nearer to it, far far nearer to it than I am :P , before anyone points that out)...
I've trained her to do the normal recall to the front on the command "Here"... and then afterwards a finish.. However in the last couple of days I've done the recall on a whistle which means an automatic finish... I'm hoping this will help the recall from criminal later on...
Her retrieving is ok, but needs more work... She still gargles the dumbbell a bit....
The speak on command is still early doors...but I manage to do it from a distance with the ball/kong alongside her....
Her heelwork is passable..but inconsistent... After advice, I've gone back to basics with that, and it's improved things slightly...
Any comments, ideas, thoughts etc...one way or another are always welcome...
Here's the clip, excuse the havoc to the microphone caused by the blustery wind...
Sandy Moore Webboard User Reg: 07-25-2006
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Good grief! That website you linked to really bothered me. The guy's "table technique" is unbelievable...hobbling the dog???? What the heck???? There are better ways to teach a dog to hold the item and not be chewy. Better ways and more reliable ways and not stressful for the dog at all. Not out of compulsion as that method is, but calm ways that get calm results from the dog. Get Ed's DVD on Building Drive, Focus and Grip: http://www.leerburg.com/101e.htm .
Read the whole article and watch the streaming video. And note the picture of Bernard working on the dog's grip. This is explained in detail in the video.
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The Jim Dobbs article is 30 year old dog training. NO ONE SHOULD FOLLOW THIS KIND OF TRAINING !!!I seriously doubt that this is how Jim still trains.
Garner - you have a nice female. But I think you are ahead of yourself in training. Back it up and teach the dog to hold a tug or wood dowl or rubber dowl quietly. Try doing starting this in some other location other than your training field so she doesnt get so wired.
Do it in your living room when your sitting down - try starting it with markers (I assume you use marker training - if not learn how)
When the dog learns the game she should like it. I could write a chapter in a book on this - it's going to be part of a training video I produce later this year. We have started the filming.
I agree Sandy, that's why I mentioned that I didn’t use the table or even the leash. I guess I should have been more specific. I used my fingers to put inside my dog’s mouth and used voice correction every time he chewed. Whenever he was holding my fingers calmly I would give him the release command. He quickly understood that in order to get my fingers off his mouth he needed to be calm. This helped me teach him the meaning of hold which would mean hold in your mouth and stop chewing. I then started giving him the dumbbell to hold in his mouth and I would repeat the command hold. He quickly understood that the dumbbell was not to be chewed. I wish I could say the same for the ball, he still chews it . I guess It is not as big an issue as long as he doesn’t chew the dumbbell .
By the way, I have all of Ed’s schutzhund DVDs and they have worked wonders for me.
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