Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Another annoying habit he has ( ) is when I call him out of a room and wait for him at the doorway, giving him a wide space to go through, he'll inevitably choose the narrow space between me and the doorway. Doesn't matter if it's 6 inches narrow, that's the way he wants to go. No matter than he bangs his head or shoulders on the door jamb...he's rather impervious to pain I guess.
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He just likes a challenge....
Have you considered agility?
He does love a challenge :laugh:
In fact, I've thought about doing agility with him. He'd love it. It would probably be something for him to do in the fall (along with protection training) when it's cooler. I found out about a place here that lets a person use the agility equipment in the ring for a charge per hour. Rather high charge, but once a week or so would be fun.
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... Great suggestions on "fixes"...I got my drag line out also...
It's working. Yay, Kristel!!
In one day he went from 100% dashing ahead of me to get out of the way down to 75%, with 25% actually stepping aside.
It's really been two days (yesterday and today), but I wasn't consistent yesterday; I kept forgetting. Today I remembered to grab the little line every time I went from room to room.
This fix ranks up there with standing on the leash to stop the jumping-up-on-people habit -- maybe it's not "real" training, and maybe it's quick and dirty -- but it *works.*
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I found out about a place here that lets a person use the agility equipment in the ring for a charge per hour. Rather high charge, but once a week or so would be fun.
An "after-hours" agility training place?
About how much? Are there other dogs doing it at the same time?
I'd love to have that for the old guy to do it at his own pace without holding up everyone else.
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Great that it's working for you . I figure if it could work for my big lummox, it should work for just about any dog. He's not stupid, he's just a little dorky and clumsy since his brain hasn't caught up with his body yet . He used to just about fall on himself to get out of my way....I think he's grateful to have been shown a better way. Maybe not 'real' training, but it enforces the respect thing to have them sit and allow you to pass...also prevents tripping over my black dog in the dark . Once they get in the habit of it it's great.
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It's funny how much my dog didn't enjoy having me falling on him, or accidently dumping things on his head when he was in my way. Probably why he ran like hell to get out of my way before he learned to just let me pass . Black dogs are definetly harder to see.
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) is when I call him out of a room and wait for him at the doorway, giving him a wide space to go through, he'll inevitably choose the narrow space between me and the doorway. Doesn't matter if it's 6 inches narrow, that's the way he wants to go. No matter than he bangs his head or shoulders on the door jamb...he's rather impervious to pain I guess. 
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. He used to just about fall on himself to get out of my way....I think he's grateful to have been shown a better way. Maybe not 'real' training, but it enforces the respect thing to have them sit and allow you to pass...also prevents tripping over my black dog in the dark 
. Once they get in the habit of it it's great.
. Black dogs are definetly harder to see. 
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