I have a dog that has a very strong ball drive, and what I think it a very strong prey drive (the disclaimer being that I think this! lol). I've read in many places that dogs with strong ball drives are a blessing to trainers because once that drive is harnessed, very high levels of obedience can be obtained. What I was hoping was, would someone be kind enough to give me some links that show specific techniques for focusing my dog's ball drive. Giving treats as positive reinforcement is obvious to me, and what I've been doing is literally throwing the ball everytime my dog performs a down/stay, comes, looks, etc... Is that it? And how about when walking on lead, should she be looking at me the ENTIRE time we're walking, waiting for the ball? I own Ed's puppy training DVD, I just bought a Tri-Tronics E-Collar, I'm going to order Ed's E-Collar DVD but I have no "formal" obedience training and neither does my dog, just lots of reading (me, not the dog).
Is that DVD worth the $65 for someone who isn't raising or training a working dog?
Thanks,
Matt
Ive got a foster right now who you would think is starved to death. However her prey/toy drive makes even her strong food drive seem meek by comparison.
Basic OB with her had been going very slow since she would much rather play than eat a treat and is very easily distracted when I tried to use food as a means to work with her.
Ive never had a dog with as much drive as her and was literally stumped on the best way to proceed. She is very smart but using food just wasnt getting through to her as fast as I knew she was capable of learning.
I then got the Building Drive & Focus video and even though she wont be a working dog(at least bite work) I was able to take from that video some very good tools that have allowed me to make more progress with her in the last week than I had in the previous 3 months using food.
I seem to have a very similar situation. We rescued Gyspy in September at about 18 mo. old, and food does almost nothing to regain focus from the slightest distraction. I found that my homemade turkey jerkey gets the best results, but that is still only fair at best! Sounds like I've got to get the DVD.
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