Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I just wanted to add a "me too" for parlor tricks.
Start very very simple, use pretty HV rewards, start each session just like a regular training session (bait bag, "Ready?" or whatever your word is, etc.), and end each session clearly so no dragging out happens, and no frustration or boredom. (You can always have another short session a couple of hours later!) Make it fun and trigger that eagerness in the dog.
For inside work (both my present dogs are outside 24/7) I use the TV to control my time with training.
Only during commercials! That keeps you from over working a puppy/young dog or you getting bored from to much work and no play. That's a formula for mistakes!
Short sessions and wait for another commercial or even another show.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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It's huge for me never to spend a half hour on any command. Stop while the dog and I both still want more.
And of course, quit each time on a high note.
I started using Bob's commercial idea a few years ago when I was back-chaining the fetch (the release of the toy into my hand). It worked extremely well!
Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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Beware of the occasional "parlor trick backfire"!
After meals, Sadie gets a piece of chicken jerky. I taught her to "close" the cabinet door after I put the bag away. Well, I have discovered the hard way that, because she is really motivated by the treat, that she may "offer" the behavior while I'm putting the bag in the cabinet. She's gotten my head and/or shoulder three times lately.
christy mascari Webboard User Reg: 11-12-2012
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I live in Indy too, it has been absolutely miserable here. I can't remember a colder, snowier winter. But, on the "bright" side it's been really sunny.
I have stuck to our usual routine. She seems to thrive on a set schedule. It's just like my exercise-i never want to do it, but am always glad, and feel great afterwords.
Block out time on your daily calendar, bundle up, and like Nike says: "just do it"!!!
Hang in there, we'll be complaining it's too hot before you know it
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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" .... like Nike says: "just do it"!!! "
Yesss!
And if we post here after we "do it," we can have that motivation, too!
(I can't complain much about weather (only that it's grim and gray), so I apologize in advance to you brave folks who face snow and ice.)
But anyway, tomorrow (a day filled with a big work project) I have blocked out a 20-minute period in every 2-hour stretch, as Christy says, and I will make myself get outside with the dogs for every blocked-out period.
And if I don't post tomorrow night, we will all know that I failed, like a sniveling whiny weakling useless creepy failure.
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So True !!!
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