Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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Cool beans, Jen. Jethro by himself?
Tracked Sadie this morning. Added some randomness of bait frequency to the last leg. Made the mistake of trenching my footsteps when bait was spaced farther apart, and spread scent all over the place. Poor dog. Sadie's doing fine, but I need to watch myself.
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Tresa Hendrix Webboard User Reg: 05-08-2008
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Did some obedience stuff and payed disc. After that was the real work...lawnmower heeling. I used a slip lead lead. I sat him behind me, he was fine. I pulled the choke while he stayed...as soon as I touched the handle...he surged forward barking. I corrected him by staying calm and every time I touched it and his ears shot up, I corrected him, non-violent...just hey you, follow me, chill out, no big deal.
Eventually he informally heeled next to me while I mowed the grass, every time he looked at it funny I corrected him, if necessary I stopped. All I was doing was getting him to chill out and follow me. When I moved around he watched me and would move with me...if not it was because he watched the mower. When we were done, he was calm following right next to me...that's when I turned it off. A few times I petted him while we were mowing when he was calm and not paying attention to the mower.
He's getting it.
A tired dog is a good dog, a trained dog is a better dog.
Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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Yes, I caught that.
After years of operating a lawn care company, I'm concerned about projectiles, not only for myself but also for my dog. I've seen windshields taken out, and had the bridge of my glasses broken on my face.
Like you said before, rotating blades combined with an internal combustion engine...
Tresa Hendrix Webboard User Reg: 05-08-2008
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I do check the yard throughly for sticks, rocks, junk, pinecones...etc. Esp when I wear shorts.
I'm desensitizing him to it. The rules: don't react to mower, follow me not the mower. Simple. He did good when I put it like that.
But oh yeah, lawnmower heeling is a new sport you didn't know? That's why I doing this. You get points for mowing nicely and the dog for staying slightly behind you. Lawnmower protection is another one, but we're getting out of that and onto new things.
A tired dog is a good dog, a trained dog is a better dog.
We worked on a long down.
We worked on driving the heifers into the barn.
We worked on herding 10 yr old Tom Turkey who is terrified of the dog.
Turkey herding did not go well.
We worked on a long down.
We worked on driving the heifers into the barn.
We worked on herding 10 yr old Tom Turkey who is terrified of the dog.
Turkey herding did not go well.
We worked on a long down.
We worked on driving the heifers into the barn.
We worked on herding 10 yr old Tom Turkey who is terrified of the dog.
Turkey herding did not go well.
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