Hi,
(sorry for the topic title, but had no imagination..).
Question :
do you think it's possible that at a certain moment a dog can get bored of his regular training and at a certain point therefore starts to make mistakes? F.e. biting when he should bark (revier) ; bad 'outs' ; etc..
Is there a moment that a dog needs a new impulse(s) to compensate his drives?
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You can see it with my Rott. With him it's usually a matter of picking up the pace but sometimes a new toy or different treat.
With some things I'll back up to a point before I started asking for good obedience to re-build the drive.
Thanks Steve.
Thing is .. he's now 4y and some months old.. and getting adult I guess (took some time ;-) ).
I'll be having a chat with my trainer and will problably start by working him on the knpv-suit.
My first thought was that the dog sounds more like confused.
In field trials for bird dogs though I have seen dogs that were obviously over worked on a routine and completely bored. Their whole demeanor would be just flat, for lack of a better word. Oh, they go through the exercise well enough, but with no real interest. Much like what happens to us if our life gets too narrow. Yeah yeah yeah, just great, another day.
A change in routine fixes those kind of problems very quickly.
Randy
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My Rotts 5 going on 6. Any chance you may be over-training some of the ob? I know I do once in a while. Too many send outs effects the retrieve, then he can seem a little confused like Randy said in protection. It's always that balancing of all the work so that it comes together.
While balancing the work for the dog is important, I wouldn't want to ignore the fact that some dogs do get bored easier than others. Most of this is due to relationship and methodology of training with the dog. Marker training is a great way to train, but having said that there is still a ton of ways to go wrong within that parameter which is why relationship and being able to see the whole picture is important. As a person trains their dog they need to learn how to really read that dog so they can avoid the pitfalls of stale training and boredom.
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