Heres one for you all. When using the ball for focus and drive training, what is the best way to handle, when the dog misses the ball, when dropped? Let him chase after it? Or not to let him get it? Mypuppy has great focus. But the ball drops a little to quick for him ot catch sometimes (7 months)...... any thoughts?
Please...Someone enlighten me - when throwing a ball as a reward during a training session - is it therefore better to throw it for the dog to catch it, rather than as a retrieve? If so, do you throw it to the dog so that he catches it while he is still in position at the end of the exercise, eg. in down, sit, heel, or release the dog and throw it so that he leaps for it? If the latter, will it cause the dog to anticipate the release too strongly? Go on, someone tell me, in case I am doing it all wrong!
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Please...Someone enlighten me - when throwing a ball as a reward during a training session - is it therefore better to throw it for the dog to catch it, rather than as a retrieve?
Sabrina,
I believe the original question concerned the techniques used in the Build Drive video that features Bernhard Flinks and his methods. It doesn't pertain to retrieving. There's a section of the video where Bernhard demonstrates how to build your dog's focus using a ball on a string and it is dropped to them as a reward. In the video the dogs catch the ball while it's still in the air. Mike's puppy doesn't do that yet but it's not a big deal. He will eventually.
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Jeff is correct here.
The Flink method has the handler *drop* the ball straight down with the dog sitting in front of him. The ball is actually held 4 to 6 inches in front of the dogs face, but at the height of the handlers chest , and the ball is dropped straight down, not thrown.
The idea is that the dog must stretch forward to catch the ball as it drops - this increases the dogs satisfaction in getting the object, as the dog had to make a movement to "catch the prey".
This is explained in much better detail than I can go into on the video :
Training Drive & Focus
With Bernhard Flinks
Video# 101E
Or you can attend a Bernhard Flinks seminar, which I *highly* recommend!
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