Niomi Smith Webboard User Reg: 04-20-2009
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Quote: Anne Jones
Can't you work the ones in heat at the end of the day when the other dogs are not returning to the field.
I don't know...it never distracted my male or the other dogs when we trained. They really just wanted a piece of the decoy..they didn't care about my female. She just went back in her crate in the truck, with the truck closed up, when not working...not staked out or walked around.
Can't say I ever had the problem you have standing behind my dog. :-(
She was even more intense (If that was even possible) when she worked in heat.
My female has always lived with 3 different intact makes in my house. The males learn to deal with it & focus on their job & she hasten't ever been allowed to be a hussy.
Ditto to all of this I definitely find my female even MORE intense in protection when she is in heat. Didn't think it was possible, but it is LOL
I have also always worked my male around her when she was in heat - I think the first time he was 6 months old, then every six months like clockwork since then!
Duane Hull Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2011
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Thanks for the feedback.
I find the older males are able to ignore her moreso than the less-experienced males. To be honest, her lack of focus discourages me as much or more than the reaction from the males. I don't think protection work would be affected as much, but OB is not fun for either of us. I get much better OB work done at home when she's in heat. Transporting her also gets nasty.
I know I'm making excuses, but I prefer to give her a few weeks off rather than deal with the stress it causes both of us when she's out of sorts. This way, I can go to the club and concentrate on helping others with their dogs. Also, the capping effect of being off makes for an eager doggie when we do return to the club.
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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I did not see any change in Zasha in her obedience work while in heat...She is all around a very intensely driven dog....but each dog is different & you work with what you have to bring out the best in them & in a way that is best suited to that individual dog.
The important thing is that Sadie is progressing forward in her training...I know it's had it's challenges & you have worked very hard together to get where you are. So obviously what you are doing works for your dog. So good for both of you. Keep moving ahead.
Kristin Muntz Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2012
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It seems like dogs are certainly easier to keep than bitches, in general!
Chance initiated his own new command that we're working on the other night - high five. I have a funny feeling he already knows this one since he seems to use the verbal queue after less than 5 minutes training it. Just finished our last run before the race Sat morning and we're keeping an easy 10 minute mile together, we may do better the day of as we'll both be fresh in the morning and it's gonna be COLD (for georgia)
Working on finishing some of Duke's known commands inside - like retrieve to hand. He literally WHINED when I asked him to get the ball, not his favorite thing at all but he still likes training AND the Zuke's enough to do it. We also had our first ever vet's visit on a flat collar and he did pretty well... with ME anyways. The poor tech was surfing down the hallway.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Are you back-chaining the retrieve-to-hand? (For folks who are not familiar with the term, chaining simply means teaching each "link," or behavior, in a command separately before chaining them together. Back-chaining is what it sounds like ..... teaching the last "link" in a command chain first. For me personally, back-chaining is almost magical, particularly for any level of retrieve, from plain ol' fetch to a competition retrieve.)
I spent last weekend at a SAR training weekend. I was hoping to get some environmental exposure and fun puppy runaway work done. After just a little bit of that Kolt showed me he was ready and capable of doing more and he ended up working short blind searches in several new locations. Really happy with my teenage puppy! Now to work on keeping four-on-the-floor while alerting (instead of catapulting himself and bouncing all over the victim )
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I am, using what we worked on in the last contest (nearby toy on floor) and having him bring that to my hand. Once that is very good, I'll add the slow rollin ball to the line up.
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Re: Ongoing training post - End of 2014
I definitely find my female even MORE intense in protection when she is in heat. Didn't think it was possible, but it is LOL
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