Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Bob Scott
Nice work! I HATE watching a dog heel when it looks like it's hating it.
Instead of constantly looking down at the dog look at the ground 8-10 ft in front of you. You'll still be able to see the dog (peripheral sp? vision). That will stop you from losing points in competitions for constantly looking at the dog.
Be prepaired that this might pull your dog forward a bit because he's looking for a particlar sight picture of your face.
And if it did pull the dog forward a bit (more than you want), would you reinstitute the touch pad for a short time (or the hand)?
Once I had built up the focus on my hand and it was constant and not nudgeing the transistion of the focus from my hand to elsewhere was easier than i expected! I got him in the heelwork posistion targetting the hand, then i would move my hand out of the way wronging him if he followed and clicking if he kept that posistion with the head up, I dont want him to look into my eyes and I basically just built it up from there. Before that video I kind of upped the drive teaching him that the the longer we go to try harder, which as a side effect he came a little too far in front and pushing into me so I had been working on getting him back and alot of left turns which probably worked a little too well :-D
Before i watched the video myself I didnt realise I was walking like that shows how good of a tool it is!
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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So you did the side-face-focus work after the target-touch position work?
You had not taught it before the position work?
PS
And you are so right about videos. I have to get into the current century with videos ... I never have one unless I happen to be in one that someone else is making of themselves. lol
Focus on the hand & the posistion, then changed the criteria asking him to keep looking up whilst the hand isnt there. The only time I have taught him to look into my eyes is from in front, for after the recall and retrieves etc. I dont want him to bring his head round the front to look into my eyes so im not asking for it in heel work
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Re: Tyguard Eros early heelwork video
[Re: Bob Scott ]
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