4 days ago she had never really walked on a lead, and did not know her name. She was given to me by a lady that said this dog was to high strung, to hyper and hard headed.
In her care this dog was out of control. I was given her to get rid of her old owners headache.
This video is unedited and the quality is crappy. The field next to where we were had a lose dog in it and 2 kids running around. I was also low on treats.
So, it not perfect, or even close for that matter. But, it is where I am at after 4 days. I wish I would have shot a video of day number 1, then this video might seem a bit more impressive.
very nice David. Looks like she is working under a lot of distraction. It would be much more easier in the long run if you get the dog to choose you over the distraction. But progress will be very slow at first.
You might want to work on attention and focus building before obedience behaviours. Which is , the dog wants to follow you and check what you are doing constantly. Just my opinion, the experts can chime in and give better suggestions.(not that you were looking for them :P)
She is beautiful and you should try and post a high res video of her.
Love to see it.
Why don't you chronicle what you did to get her to this point in 4 days.
I would be good for people to see how you took a throw away Dobie and did this in such short time.
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I saw that you mentioned you may want to do some Schutzhund or ob with her at some point. You may want to begin with a little focus work at this point with her and work on how your rewarding.
Feeding her when you don't have any attention at all is reinforcing her looking away from you and staring at whatever is over there.When you got her to back up, I would have been ready to pay that right away. If your just looking to get her used to walking on leash, you should pay that while she's doing it.
I'm not trying to be real critical, but I know how it is having to go back and retrain something you caused with timing etc... And I know how much effort it is for me to keep in mind what it is I should be looking for.
I saw that you mentioned you may want to do some Schutzhund or ob with her at some point. You may want to begin with a little focus work at this point with her and work on how your rewarding.
Feeding her when you don't have any attention at all is reinforcing her looking away from you and staring at whatever is over there.When you got her to back up, I would have been ready to pay that right away. If your just looking to get her used to walking on leash, you should pay that while she's doing it.
I'm not trying to be real critical, but I know how it is having to go back and retrain something you caused with timing etc... And I know how much effort it is for me to keep in mind what it is I should be looking for.
Your right Steve. Her attention was on the dog and kids in the field. I am new to marker and treat training. I wprk her twice a day for 5-10 minutes. I will pay better attention to my treat giving.
Don't worry about being critical. I value your opinion and I know your information is solid.
I am pretty dumb about bite sports.
I normally just do fun and open shows. That have ob on and off lead and some bite work. Some recalls and down in motions.
I understand that the procession in things like Schutzhund are much higher then in open/fun shows.
Thanks you again for your input. I did make a few notes on what you said in my note book that I resource.
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Even in the future if you decide not to go into any sport, just basic ob means reinforcing what you want. For the type of stuff your doing with her now, a release would help. Do you know what I mean? Or have you trained with that?
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