Quote: Tresa Hendrix

I do need a treadmill...I'd love to have a carpet treadmill that the dog powers himself. I may try and build one eventually, it can't be that hard.

DuaNe I'll bet you could take the B.A.T. approach on her and it would work well, right David?

I have had several rescues and know what you mean about unknown past handling. Logan is not a fearful dog by nature....but he hates lawnmowers, very suspicious. He hates tillers and bikes too.

LOL... you can BAT the dog onto the treadmill alright.


You could train Logan past that if you wanted to take the time. Put the lawnmower in the back yard and stash some tasty treats on it when he's not out there. Then just let him investigate on his own. Keep doing it once in a while, and he will soon get over the suspicion. Unless you are talking about when it is running, and for that I would advise not having you dog anywhere near a rotating steel blade with an internal combustion engine attached.

Only when its running. I've gotten him a lot better, he ignores lawnmowers on walks (used to be aggressive). I should randomly use the BAT technique on walks for that, he has the suspicious look but doesn't do anything anymore.

I keep him on a lead right with me when I mow, we've made some progress like that. I don't let him near it, he stays behind me on a buckle collar. I stop a lot but its worth it. (Otherwise he'd run in front of it and stare it down).

Today we worked on leave with the boxer next door that hates us. I went out the gate right next to it with Logan, he ignored it completely despite the "threats".

We worked on leave it by the road, he got a correction once for thinking about it. Later I did some position switching... heel... under... around (to heel)... etc. He's getting it now. For some reason when I tell him "under" he'll try to do it backwards instead. He's a weirdo.

I just don't have the time to insist that Sadie accept everything. She goes in the crate when I break out the mower and weedeater. She sometimes fusses at the blower, but that I can turn on her. It becomes a game.

Thankfully, on walks I can refocus to me

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 Quote: Tresa Hendrix

I do need a treadmill...I'd love to have a carpet treadmill that the dog powers himself. I may try and build one eventually, it can't be that hard.

DuaNe I'll bet you could take the B.A.T. approach on her and it would work well, right David?

I have had several rescues and know what you mean about unknown past handling. Logan is not a fearful dog by nature....but he hates lawnmowers, very suspicious. He hates tillers and bikes too.

LOL... you can BAT the dog onto the treadmill alright.

There are times when I want to BAT her, but Kristin already covered that in another thread.

I am working on the standing down, and stand. I want bindi to have a quick down and stand and sit without moving out of position. I watched my Mike Ellis video and realized I was doing it incorrectly. So now we are working on doing it correctly. I am also working on self control with all my dogs. They have to wait before they do just about everything. we make it like a game, wait...ready...go! they do this to go outside and to go into their crates. I am also laying their food down and asking them to leave it. When they keep their eyes upon me I release them to have it. We are having lots of fun. Bindi is doing well in her rally o training. I am working on the fundamentals to get them down real well before we progress forward.
With cody it is fear based issues. when he got out of the hospital he came home with fear issues. We are working to remove them. I am also getting him out each day and working on getting him back on his treadmill. We are getting into condition. He loves the treadmill. Summer is here in Lake Elsinore, so we are going to have to get up early to beat the heat. Something cody isn't interested in yet.
Terra -working on her healing, and fun nose work. She is quite the searching little girl and when outside spends most of her time with her nose on the ground or up in the air sniffing the air, so I thought this might be fun for her. She is very, very smart. SHe learns by watching the other dogs. She learned to shake that way and today as she watched Cody collect all the dog bowls and bring them to me, she picked up her dog bowl and dropped it in front of me.
So, lots of fun stuff. My husband and I are making our own dog playground for the pups. We have a table for the dogs to jump up on, a tunnel, and now my husband is making them a dog walk. We also have the supplies to make a jump. So, we will get that going and use that for fun after training. Having a blast taking bindi to training and training my pups at home too.
Great to hear what you are all doing!

OH, I forgot to mention that I have taught Cody to "close it". In the morning when he goes out, I open the cabinets and the doors and when he comes in I ask him to close it and he runs around and closes all the cabinet doors for me. He really gets a kick out of it! He also has learned to return all the dogs breakfast dishes to me after everyone is done. That is called "search dish". He is quite a character.
I would like to train my dogs to go between my legs too. I wonder is the "here" or "Between" command too general? hmmmm I will have to figure that out.
sharon

how did you train the pivot? sharon

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how did you train the pivot? sharon

First, the question from your previous post; You can use any word you like, as longs as it's distinct from your other commands. The word I chose seems to be a tad taboo for some people, even though it's just a generalized anatomical word. Another poster suggested a french word, sous (pronounced "soo"), that I like.

I taught the pivot by teaching Sadie to swing her rearend around. First, the dog must be trained on touch pads. ME teaches them, but if you haven't taught it, let me know and I'll help you with that. I had to reteach it a little to get both front feet on the pad, but Sadie already knew how to stay on the pad.
Once I had her staying with both front feet on the pad, I lured her at arms length, moving around her (with her keeping both front feet on the pad). This required her to move her rearend in the opposite direction. AS SOON AS she moved her back legs sideways, I marked and treated. I repeated this until she got it down (in our case, about five minutes). I then moved into the heel position, next to her with her still on the pad, and continued luring and marking. You will have to step around the pad so that the dog can stay on it, but later you will pivot in place.
Next, I added the command ("opied", for me, which is french for "to the foot" or "at the foot", and distinct from the heel command, but you can also just use your heel command) and worked until I could quit luring. Once the dog will pivot with you on command, it is time to remove the pad. Also, provided that the dog automatically sits at heel, you can start workng in the sit position. This, for me, is preferred, as it will be used in my OB training.
Now, you will put dog in a heel, pivot in place, command, and lure a tad if necessary. Mark and reward. Pivoting to the right will require a short scoot forward, so you will pbly need to lure. Pivoting to the left is a little trickier, as dog will have to scoot backward a bit while moving rearend. I had to use the "back" command the first few times to help her, but she quickly got it, because she wanted that treat oh-so-bad. Repeat until luring is not necessary.
It took about twenty minutes to teach Sadie. Some dogs may require multiple sessions. It wasn't always pretty at first, but we do a few daily and it's pretyy polished now,

Here's the link for ME touch pad intro;
http://leerburg.com/flix/player.php?id=126

If you don't already teach touch pads, you will have to break the whole process down and it will take at least a few sessions to get where you can teach exercises.
Start with the basic touch. Once that is solid, proceed to touch means both front feet, then to touch means "stay on the pad", usng your bridge... mine is "good" or "good touch" while rewarding in place. Once you've gotten this down, it's off to exercises, such as the pivot, or going from one pad to another.

My dog loves touch pads.

Tracking this morning. Taller grass, heavy rain yesteday, and ants all contributed to a daunting task. Made sure to do an easy track to end on.