I do agree with you that a dog can learn containment by using a crate, but a high drive dog needs to learn to contain himself, even if his body is free. This is where I let Tobi down, and why I am choosing to put Tobi thru this same life skills.
R

I really, really like that video. Thanks for sharing and giving me some ideas!

I do too, but it makes me want a puppy to play with, and we're a couple of years from that goal.

Roni really great looking pup and training really looks fun. He reminds me of my little Gizmo(83 pounds). Have fun and maybe one of these days I'll be lucky enough to meet you at a Michael Ellis seminar.

Reggie

Good looking pup, Ronnie. Nice work. I just picked up a 12 wk old Dutchie that I will be doing the same type of training with. Can't wait to get him home in a couple days so I can start.

Howard

Thank you, everyone for your support. I have had the privilege to work with Michael and I am so excited to work with this new little fella using Michael's method of training. I am striving to do the best I can do and be the person my dogs need me to be.
I am truly blessed.
As always,
HAPPY TRAINING,
Roni

Really nice video, Roni!! I can see you're having fun.
Sheila, I had and still have all the crazy/bite everything/chomp anything I can reach issues, and the 2 things that have made this manageable are repetition and management, for me and my puppy. I really had to learn that everything I did taught him something--that's when I started to get the upper hand.

For instance, he loves to make you bleed if you have a ball in your hand. This is naturally reinforced by other people dropping the ball when he bites their hands to get it. I have learned to adopt the posture that being bitten makes me grab harder and keep the ball. But because we are a group of people working the same dog, we have to try to work around things like this. Every single day I work him with a ball in my hand on self-control. I have certain release words that I have taught him that allow him to take something from my hand. I still get bit, I still bleed. It comes with my territory, I'm afraid. It's the same when he's in an excited state, I know that if I greet him or let him 'up' he will bite me...I try to warn him but if he is superbad I move away and ignore him for a few seconds/minute. Usually giving him an easy command like sit can change the direction of things. Basically I try to set up the right consequences for behavior--behavior I want, big treats and rewards, behavior I don't want, boring and ignored for a little bit.

Whew! I think I just needed to vent. Boy I could go on for hours about this one, lol!