Tresa Hendrix Webboard User Reg: 05-08-2008
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Carol, sorry for hijacking your thread. My chow/setter Sport benefited from breaks in training. She got bored so easily with doing the same thing too much, she also got bored of the same treats and toys. I had to rotate the rewards for her and try to mix everything up as much as possible. I combined obedience with agility and tried to be random for her.
Logan has way more drive then Sport did but he gets bored of the same exercises yet retains his obsession for the same toys. Each dog has its quirks. He gets frustrated when I am teaching him new stuff because he just wants the reward and he wants to go fast not slow down and think...whereas she loved to figure new stuff out, then didn't want to keep doing it.
Duane, what I meant by his nerves being hurt...if he was corrected he'd spazz or do that high pitched growling sound, not shut down and avoid.
Ditto to what Tracy said about not working on something for a few days. Their subconscious mind works it out...probably in dreams like we humans do.
A tired dog is a good dog, a trained dog is a better dog.
I have a puzzler for this morning. I had to leave home for 1 day and night. So, I boarded Ramsey at the "hotel" a wonderful clean place, where he gets exercise and neutral treatment. He has been there a couple of times before.
When I picked him up he was, of course, happy to see me. We had class that night, and he seemed sharper than usual.
Does he need a break? Am I too familiar? He does things happily enough. Maybe he's bored??
Any ideas?
Carol, I would see this as coming up in drive as opposed to being "sharper". In other words the dog is having a good time and WANTS to train.
I think you've answered your own question that you've possibly over trained.
In addition to a little break you should make your training routine into a game. Let the dog (and you) learn to enjoy the training.
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