Alex;
Sounds like you have worked a lot with your dog! Of course your dog just wasn't ready for a level 10 distraction. I think you
were so right in not correcting because it was too late at that
point. How about another dog in the general area. Your dog on a long line and use the e collar with a low level stim to recall
her. Then work with the other dog being closer, but your dog is still on the line and work from there. That way you are increasing and dealing with that level 10 distraction and you have set your dog up for success. Please make sure and pick a neutral dog. Hope this helps.
Roni
Alex;
Sounds like you have worked a lot with your dog! Of course your dog just wasn't ready for a level 10 distraction. I think you
were so right in not correcting because it was too late at that
point. How about another dog in the general area. Your dog on a long line and use the e collar with a low level stim to recall
her. Then work with the other dog being closer, but your dog is still on the line and work from there. That way you are increasing and dealing with that level 10 distraction and you have set your dog up for success. Please make sure and pick a neutral dog. Hope this helps.
Roni
I apologize for sending that last post twice.
Alex;
I really do believe your dog was not giving you the dog finger. I don't believe it is in our dog's nature to do that. However,
you are right in the next part of your statement. That other dog was just way too exciting!!!!!!!!
Way to use your instincts. Your dog is lucky to have you.
Happy Training!
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Hey Alex, do you use different commands, one for obedience and one casual? If you do that casual recall command could help with this. You could do all sorts of things to be more interesting then the distraction. I use Come as my formal recall and I reward with food on that but for Andy, Here means get over here or just get moving with me. So I can run a few steps and toss a ball or toy, clap my hands, anything that will get her moving towards you.
Hey Steve, yes I do. It's the opposite of your commands lol. "Here" is what I use at SchH training only. It means get over here and sit in front of me.
"Come" means just run back near me, or follow me, etc.
Lol...well which ever works buddy. Speaking of that, how is Andy's recall? Is it pretty trustworty even with high level distractions?
My dog will just run off and this is the 1st time, but she is not human or dog aggressive one bit. Still that doesn't mean she wouldn't get a kick in the face or chewed on by another dog. I'm lucky the lady just held her dog til I got there, still I'm sure it wasn't pleasant to see a dog charging towards you.
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Andy's good. With him the distraction just makes him less accurate in his obedience, like sitting crooked or something. I did get dinged a certain amount in his BH because he didnt maintain his speed through the whole recall. He slowed down coming into his sit. But on a casual recall he comes to me quickly.
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Hey Steve,
I'm just kind of jumping in here, but you said that Andy slowed down on your formal recall and I had a suggestion. You may be doing this already. In training when I am working on the recall from a down I mix it up. Sometimes I have her come and formally sit in front other times I will have a ball or tug and step to the side when she is 3/4 of the way to me and let her fly in to grab the toy.
It has worked pretty well, of course there have been a few times there was no toy and I have had to take a few steps back and remind her with a sit command before I got slammed.
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