Just a little training session. I don't have a group to train with right now so your comments/critiques would be helpful. You'll notice him looking at the ground sometimes which I'm working on and training the stand he likes to jump up or he backs up but to one side. Just starting to train the stand. And if you have any thoughts on his gait, I don't usually see him from this perspective but it seems like he was bunny hopping a bit.
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I just see him bouncing around having fun Michael. No problem with his gait. At 1yr he'll still have his akward moments. For the stand, I think you're rushing leaving him. You should stabalize him in that place more first. Looks like you guy's have fun with training.
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I like that dog, I am into short hair, white dogs lately, perhaps, it's a change from all the long black hair I pick up daily! He looks like he's enjoying it!
The line looked like it was messing with his legs, perhaps that contributed to his movement.
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Very nice, Michael! Love all that exciting hopping around - he's into it and is having fun!
From my purely theoretical knowledge:
- deliver the reward immediately above the dog's head, not across the body eta: when heeling
- could add rewards for the duration: GOOD - reward - GOOD - reward - YES! - reward
- it's not too late to try to improve the positions, try to reward only what you consider perfect execution. For example the butt should completely hit the ground before the release. I make this mistake all the time
- for the stand you could try to manipulate the head and the butt is supposed to move the opposite way. I know it works if only you could get the whole "manipulate the head" part right
Edited by Ana Kozlowsky (11/23/2010 07:16 PM)
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I'm not totally sure I get what you're saying steve. Do you mean work more on a solid stand by itself before working on it from the down?
Thanks Tammy. For a short haired dog he sheds a lot. Dogos shed more than most short haired breeds as far as I know. And of course the white hair shows up more on clothes and makes it look like I have cats instead of dogs. I haven't had Shepherd dogs to compare though. You're right about the line, I have to work with it a little more maybe, to keep him free a bit.
Michael cool dog; can you please answer the following questions as i get asked them all the time and i don't really have good answers other than "..ahh because, or i don't know"
1. what are you training for
2. why didn't you get a more proven/traditional breed - interpret that as GSD or Mal.
3. is it dog agressive
further what weight / size will Toro mature to and is the Dogo AKC breed?
thanks and keep up the good work
Very nice, Michael! Love all that exciting hopping around - he's into it and is having fun!
From my purely theoretical knowledge:
- deliver the reward immediately above the dog's head, not across the body
- could add rewards for the duration: GOOD - reward - GOOD - reward - YES! - reward
- it's not too late to try to improve the positions, try to reward only what you consider perfect execution. For example the butt should completely hit the ground before the release. I make this mistake all the time
- for the stand you could try to manipulate the head and the butt is supposed to move the opposite way. I know it works if only you could get the whole "manipulate the head" part right
I'm finding watching the video makes my mistakes very clear, so I'll likely start recording more sessions. In terms of delivering across the body do you mean where he was in a down stay and I circled behind him and that forced him on his side a bit? Or was there another spot I was doing this? And yeah, there were a few timing issues.
You're right about duration, I rarely reward for 'good'.
I do need to go back and work on positions more, and video gives another angle to view it so that you can tell if they're actually putting their butt down. With the stand I've been trying to step out a bit to his right so that he doesn't jump out that way so much. I think I'll have to watch some videos on how to manipulate the head for positions.
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