Christina Stockinger Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2015
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Bruxinha (my Lab-M) knows spinning (anti-clockwise and twisting (clockwise) 3-4 times very quickly after each other and then add a sit, to make sure she doesn't feel dizzy.
Later I first made her retrieve a toy and then added a double, then triple twist or spin and she had while doing this to keep the toy in her mouth and then deliver it to me. She learned this surprisingly quickly with different toys.
Now I wanted her to add also a sit and keep the toy in her mouth. I'm training this since about 10 days in short sessions about 3 times a day. But she doesn't seem to understand it. After having rotated and I give the sit-command , she let's it drop. I don't understand why, because the first part she learned so easily.
The goal of this manoevre far down the road is to deliver after some nice moves a tin of beer to a friend. She is used until now to pick up an empty tin and does the performance until the point I described. After the "Sit" she drops it .
Has anyone an idea, what I might be doing wrong?
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No answer needed any more. So sorry for bothering you all. About half an hour ago I tried it again and she did it without problem varios times consecutively!
I guess I simply was too impatient. I mean, I'm never impatient with the dogs, but sometimes with myself. Probably a big mistake to think, if a dog learns one part so easily, the continuation should happen in a similar way!!!
Nonetheless, every comment will be very much appreciated.
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Thanks, Bob. Very proud of myself!
What my longterm-goal concerns, do you think a dog will be able to pick up and carry a full tin of beer in his mouth?
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I am hesitant to teach the dogs to carry aluminum or glass objects just because there is potential for injury... I have taught dogs to bring me plastic bottles of soda, however.
This too has a caveat - be careful what you teach. Paul thought it would be cool to teach Toni to open the refrigerator and get him a soda. This was cute, but once she learned that there are yummy things kept in the fridge, she would go shopping all the time. I now can not have a towel hanging on the fridge door (she pulls on the towel to open the door).
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I am hesitant to teach the dogs to carry aluminum or glass objects just because there is potential for injury...
AGREED -- Mouthy dogs and "chompers" could easily PUNCTURE cans & shatter bottles ... Beer shaken up in a can is under pressure, which could add to the potential for injury
I am hesitant to teach the dogs to carry aluminum or glass objects just because there is potential for injury...
AGREED -- Mouthy dogs and "chompers" could easily PUNCTURE cans & shatter bottles ... Beer shaken up in a can is under pressure, which could add to the potential for injury
Ditto with Candi and Kelly on the carrying metal or glass objects. Pits and Pit mixes aren't known for having a soft mouth and a beer can could easily be punctured.
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Quote: Candi Campbell
Quote: Kelly
I am hesitant to teach the dogs to carry aluminum or glass objects just because there is potential for injury...
AGREED -- Mouthy dogs and "chompers" could easily PUNCTURE cans & shatter bottles ... Beer shaken up in a can is under pressure, which could add to the potential for injury
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