So I visited a friend with a border collie who was having some trouble with her, and training that dog was like nothing I'd ever done before. I thought my vizsla was hyper! I had to have a pretty concrete plan before even looking at the dog, whereas with my dogs I can just sort of improvise and change my direction during a training session. With her dog I had to do 5 minutes on, 5 minutes off, or the dog just went crazy.
Do you think the dog just needs more exercise or do I just need to adapt my approach?
What does she currently do with the dog? How old is the dog?
I've got two BCs. Both are high energy, but both have a "on/off switch" (with was trained). I like to exercise them for a few minutes before doing any sort of training or work with them to take the edge off their energy and excitement. A 5 minute game of ball can do wonders.
The dog is 7 months old, which I imagine is part of the energy. She's in classes and has the dog full out running for about 20 minutes each day.
She just asked me to help with the recall, which wasn't a problem at all, I can tell they've been practicing they just hadn't added distractions.
The problems only arose when the daughter asked if I could show her how to teach the dog a few tricks. It didn't work out too well, as the dog would sit, lie down, go to my left side - basically try everything she already knew before I even had a chance to lead her into anything.
I suspect that the solution is probably just a little pre-training exercise and maybe a treat she isn't quite as nuts about (she seemed to not just be interested in the food, but actually distracted by it...if that makes sense).
She's a puppy. A five minute training session is probably about right for her. The key is doing 4-5 sessions a day, and using commands in everyday life.
It sounds likle she is eager to do something, and a pretty bright dog. She already knows what you do during training time . Exercise her first, and then spice up the training routines - don't to the same things in the same order all the time.
Do they do anything else with her? Play any mind games? Hide and seek with a toy or person is a great game that uses the brain.
My older BC is not really into food. I use her ball and praise as a reward.
They play "go find it" with her, and are thinking of doing flyball. She's their first dog, and they're doing really well with her. She's definitely a very smart dog, but I'm used to very sloooooooow dogs. For example, just for fun I was trying to teach my manchester terrier to weave through my legs, it took 10 minutes for her to do it once - she just walked VERY slowly and sometimes just stopped.
I don't think I could handle the energy of a BC at home, but it sure is fun to practice with! I went home exhausted, though.
They can also try teaching her the names of toys, places (upstairs, downstairs, kitchen, etc) and family members.
My older dog learns things in 4-5 repeats. It took about 3 minutes each to teach her to crawl, roll over, touch it and spin. She knows about 12 people by name, also the names of 3 cats and my other dog. Basicly I show her what I want/mean and she does it.
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