sorry about the outrageous spelling errors! how embarrassing!
Ha ha! No worries I got the gist of it. That's pretty well what I'm doing or trying to do, though it's still hard to break my bad habit of doing the 'command' repeat out of frustration. I guess my dog is training me!
I'm booked in for some small group OB training this Sunday with some respected local trainers that are renting a local training hall, so that should be fun. They do competitive OB so I am really looking forward to it as a eye opener.
I try to really think about the cause of the displacment to fix it. You have to get to the root with these or they will hide but show up later. Dog may be sensitive or dominant, nervous or tired mentally, etc. Fix the root cause and the displacements will disappear, corrections alone will not solve the problem.
Root causes... intresting you say that as I am trying to figure that out. I just did a short session with her doing the basic sit, down etc she did great. I am still working on getting her to hold her stand for examination and everytime, I try to mould her stand into a stand stay she goes all submissive and rolls on her back. I have no clue where that comes from..
Try to not to "sculpt" her physically. Shape or capture her doing it correctly and then reward. Clickers come in handy here Some dogs roll under the pressure of training and touch together.
Is she normally submissive? This may be why she is showing alot of displacement behaviors. One of my old dogs was sensitive and soft- he showed some displacements when learning new things. I just had to really break the behaviors up into tiny steps and teach slowly and in short sessions and make it super fun. He was a great OB dog though when he did learn it.
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Yeah she is very soft/sensitive I'd say. When she walks at heel with the prong on, her ears are laided back. When she is like that she reminds me of a little lamb in a Malinois suit!
Geoff, you could try what Angelique suggested for my pup.
To get her comfortable with you repositioning her and handling her, start by putting her in a sit (or whatever position she's comfortable with) and take a few minutes to gently pet and stroke her.
Ideally, crouch down to her level so you don't bend over her and intimidate her.
That way she'll look forward to you coming over to her and she'll learn to relax and enjoy herself in a sit/down/stand while you pet her.
Eventually, when you do move in to manually reposition her, she hopefully won't react like she's submissive and worried anymore.
Just a thought...
(In my pup's case, he wasn't submissive... just very fidgety. Kept moving his feet around when standing. This slow calm petting and stroking him while he stood fixed that problem. Now he's rock-solid on his stands and looks so happy and proud, especially when I walk up to him).
I really think it is a confidence thing now. I've gone back to the basics and am using a clicker whenever I have one close and small morsels of liver treats to mark her correct behaviour.
When she is goofy I ignore her, wait a bit and do the commmand again in a calm voice when she complies she gets the behavior marked by the clicker, praise and a small treat.
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