O.K. so for those who didn't see the recall thread, Marco broke his leg the other day. The surgeon said no running or jumping allowed for 6 weeks. In fact he said no walking other than to go to the bathroom. The vet said that's unrealistic and that slow walks are fine. So I'm trying to think of any training that I can do for the next 6 weeks that won't get him too excited. Whenever sees me put the treat bag on or knows that I have the treats he gets excited. I don't want him to jump up in excitement and blow out the repair. Any ideas? Also, is keeping him this restricted for 6 weeks going to kill his drive?
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hey kory , just so we know , is he in a splint of some sort ?
don't worry about the drive thing , if he ever had any before , he will have it after .
i'd say your biggest challenge is going to be keeping the relationship fresh , that is , coming up with enough ways to keep him occupied that you don't wind up being the big repressor ( aka the asshole who won't let me do anything lol ).
i know ME doesn't recommend the leash pressure work until a bit later , but now might be the time to get on it , if for no other reason than to keep his movement in check , and it's another " mark and rewardable " activity that can strengthen the relationship .
i presume he is teething at this point , so the tugging is off anyway . how about some food hiding / finding games around the house ?
No, he is not in a splint. He has stitches so he's wearing one of those stupid collars until Tuesday.
Yes he is teething. It seems that all the baby teeth are out as far as I can tell, but the adult teeth are not done coming in yet.
I remember ME talking a little bit about leash pressure in the tug video but it was just a quick mention. I was wondering what exactly that was about. I suppose I could try food hiding. I'd just have to be holding the leash the entire time to keep him from running. Is that like the foundation of nose work or something, or just a game?
Boy, this is going to be harder than I even imagined. Marco's got his energy back and wants to run and play. Take him out to go potty and he immediately wants to take off running. Keep him in the crate with that stupid cone collar on and he just lays there looking so pitiful. It's going to be a very long 5 1/2 more weeks.
The vet said she could give us a sedative. That is an option that I'm not necessarily opposed to. I guess we'll see how tomorrow goes with me being back to work. I still would like some ideas, if anyone has any, on things I can do to engage him and keep building his relationship with me while not getting him too excited.
Play clicker games with him teaching him calm behavior and self control. Relaxing on a mat, focusing on you. Teach him how to pick up and hold objects in his mouth. Work on targeting. All of those will work the brain and can be done with minimal movement.
Feed him out of kongs - stuff his food into kongs, freeze it and let him dig it out (great mental exercise!)
We are filling a kong with peanut butter and freezing it more just to keep him occupied for a while than anything.
I want to do more marker training with him. The problem I'm having is that when he know I have the treats or sees me with the treat pouch around my waist, he gets excited and bounces/jumps up a little. Got any ideas how to get around that so that I can work with him? Before this happened I had started some heeling, which he does calmly, but I have to get past that initial excitement phase first.
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