On the recall (heir)... reward the dog when it contacts your knees. Dave, did Flinks happen to mention how to correct for that behaviour? ie, a dog that doesn't come in all the way to your knees...
He doesn't really use "correction"... but does guide the dog in.
Start on a short leash. He uses the ball to focus the dog... then hops backward spreading his legs apart (shoulder width)... saying "here" at the same time.
He gently pulls on the leash and "helps the dog" at first by initiating contact with the knees on the dogs chest area. Once the dog learns that contact gives success (the ball)... it will come all the way forward.
I agree with Dave, it was a great seminar. Bernhard has more patience than just about anyone I have ever worked with(thank god). <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I not only learned things that can help me with my dog, but things I can take back to my club and share.
Well, I have a long drive home to absorb all the information. I am burnt and too tired to say much more than this; if you have the chance to see Bernhard, GO! It is well worth it.
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Dave, At Kevin's seminar this weekend he also talked about that same issue for the recall( buming the knees w/ the chest of the dog, nose of the dog on the belt buckle).I hope to someday be able to get to a seminar given by Bernard, but only after I have some more experience under my belt!
No one ever said life was supposed to be easy, life is what you make of it!!
Agree with Deanna and Dave... It was an awesome seminar!! Jeannette, I'm new to Schutzhund and learned a great deal from the seminar, much more than just the "rabbit doesn't jump in the mouth of the dog"! LOL. That's a joke concerning my green handling skills demonstrated at the seminar!
Bernard is clearly an excellent trainer and there's much to learn from him at all levels.
Actually Vince, it was related to the fact that I was shoving the small tug into my dog's mouth when presenting a bite. If you were there, I had the 10 month old German Boxer bitch and had told Bernard that since I started working on drive again in April (took winter off), that she is not committed to biting the tug with me (with my trainer she bites it hard and full). After watching me play with her, he stopped me and said, "see, the rabbit jumps into the dogs mouth, no?" After correcting that mistake, she bit it just fine.
It made me laugh when he said that because I had read so much over the last year on drives etc, and had remembered a statement like that before, but in everyday practice over the last 1.5 months, I was literally teaching my pup that the prey item will attack it when she goes for a bite.
Dave wrote:
"He gently pulls on the leash and "helps the dog" at first by initiating contact with the knees on the dogs chest area."
Hi Dave,
Actually I need to give you a correction. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I am sitting here reading this thread WITH Bernhard and he wants to say that the contact with the knees is on the dog's shoulders--not the chest to make the dog closer to the body of the handler.
I was awestruck by the seminar! Bernhard Flinks has probably forgotten more about dog training than most of us will learn in a lifetime about training dogs and he will still know more. His ability to read a dog and get into their mind is impressive. He has so many "tricks up his sleeve" and "tools in the toolbox" that he has something for every problem and training circumstance. I would definitely go see Bernhard again and again. Also, great job to the seminar hosts! You did a great job making all feel very welcome and your facilities are quite impressive and something to be proud of. I am very aware of the work involved in laying those mats in your facility!
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