My little girl has a problem with the the jump. when the jump i low enought for her to see the toy or dumbell over it she jumps right over and gets it and jumps right back. but add one more board so the jump is taller than her head and she will do anything to go around it, or through it not over it. I know she has no problem jumping that height because at the park where i do my training there is a 36" wall about 30 feet long that she will go right over on comand just like she SHOULD the jump at the trial field. on the normal jump she looks at me and says why jump it its easier to go around. Any Advice?
I've heard of people making a shoot for the dog and it can't go anywhere but up and over and come back the same way. Some use chain link fence and extend it out from the jump both ways and closing it off at the back end so they have to come back over the way they came. I have never tried this before but I heard from several people it works really well. You could probably make a shoot fairly easy without chain link.
Does she do this when you remove the dumbell from the picture? I'd put her on leash, and just have her jump over and back, then reward her. Do that while you run beside the jump, make it a fun game. I start all my dogs jumping this way, until they love the jump. Then I put them on a stay, tell them to jump, and have them go over and back, still with me going with them and "cheerleading". Until they are sitting in a stay begging me to release them to jump. My dogs will run over and jump the jumps on their own sometimes when we walk on the training field, just because they like it. Once she does the jump at height and loves it, then re-introduce the dumbell to the picture.
Your foundation training should be such that you view the jump and retrieve as seperate excercises. Continue your foundation with the jump. I will walk/heel my dog on about a ten foot leash up to the jump and give command " hup " both ways, always both ways. Continue to work your rocket retreives on the flat. When you are ready to make retrieve over the jump. I like to use the chute to manipulate the training environment.
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I envy you. I had a dog who, instead of like going around a 7 foot drop like the other dogs, he would take the shortest route and take the drop. He absolutely loved to jump.
Teach the jump and retreive separately. The dog should get the jump perfectly every time before you ever try to retreive as part of the exercise.
HI EVERYONE
I HAVE A DOG THAT WILL JUMP BOTH WAY WITH THE DUMB BELL DURING TRAINING THE JUMP IS 3M HIGH X 1 M IN LENGHT BUT DURING COMPETITION HE WILL ONLY GOES ONE WAY OVER THE JUMP BUT THE JUMP IS DIFFERENT IN LENGHT IS 2M LENGHT WILL THIS CAUSE HIM TO JUMP ONE WAY AND HOW TO GET HIM RIGHT ALWAYS. THANK YOU
I never allow my dogs to come around the jump. In training I throw the dumbell off to the side of the jump, increasing the distance to the side a little at a time, and make them understand that they must negotiate the jump on the return no matter where they pick the dumbbell up from. In trial if the dumbbell is off to the side, ask the judge for a rethrow so you can align it with the jump.
Hi Justde
During training I did the way you do, throwing the dump bell to the right and the left, he does it perfectly during training. When in the trial he will only jump one way see the picture. Nothing will ever happened during training I name it perfect during training but not in the trial.
Do you have the option of training at various other clubs? Perhaps this will help the problem. Or perhaps you can show in some affiliation/practice trials, or ask if you can trial and not have your dog judged for training purposes. Or if you have the opportunity to be the alternate team when there is only one or an odd number of entries.
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