Hi, I've recently purchased and been viewing this video. (it's great, and ty to Ed for putting out something this informative)
My question... When I work my dog in the yard, she's great but she never lets go of the prey item. What is the proper way to end the session? I let her have a bite and then we play tug, into my arms and then some running with me, but I can't get her to release the prey item. At first, I could distract her with another toy/food, but now she just won't let go. She's 7 mos. old but I haven't really done much "out" work with her as she started off kind of late with this training and I didn't want to hamper any prey development. (She was actually kind of soft to start) Is it OK at this point to start some "out" work with her? What would be the best way to end a training session?
Run around with her, holding her head up until she drops the item. Tell her how good she is. it might take a while. Of course I would probably teach the out. I don't like running in circles waiting for a dog to let go!
Thanks for the reply. I'll work on the out a bit in a little while. I'd still like to keep the stress to a min. for her so I'll probably run around in circles for a bit yet. Unfortunately when I got her at 8 wks old I played a lot of fetch and didn't do any bite development. So at about 6 mos. old she had her first time playing "correctly". When I got her, I wasn't able to find a decent Schutzhund club in my area so I didn't have any guidence with how to play with her. I still didn't find a schutzhund club I liked, so now we are part of a great FR club. Unfortunately, I taught her all sorts of bad habits for the sport unknowingly and now I'm trying to undo what I've done... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Thanks again.
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At least you had the opportunity to make the mistakes yourself. Now you get to deal with "your" error, not someone else’s. You know what you did wrong that is causing an undesirable result, PERFECT!
What really sucks is when you inherit problems that another person caused. This happens with women all the time,..hehe…just a JOKE!
Sometimes it can be next to impossible to figure out what some yo-yo did that is causing poor performance or bad behavior.
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How to end a drive session
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