leih merigian wrote 07/15/2010 02:59 PM Re: Obedience class conundrum [Re: Anne Jones ] #285032 - 07/15/2010 02:59 PM
leih merigian Webboard User Reg: 06-16-2008 Posts: 915 Loc: Central Virginia Offline	Quote: Anne Jones I agree with Steve...your instincts are good. You will work it all out. Just make that three of us . The important thing is to just keep working with your dog, which you are. And, in my own experience, the only times I really get into trouble is when I don't listen to my gut. You're listening to yours...good for you! leih
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Lauren Jeffery wrote 07/15/2010 04:10 PM Re: Obedience class conundrum [Re: leih merigian ] #285048 - 07/15/2010 04:10 PM
Lauren Jeffery Webboard User Reg: 01-16-2010 Posts: 1389 Loc: Offline	Thanks everybody. I really appreciate your support! Dennis, I am in Boston. The SPCA idea is a good one. The MSPCA here is a pretty strong orgianization and they are located not too far from where I live. I will check into it to see if they offer a Feisty Fido class or something like that. Obedience is going well, mostly from what I have learned here. The funny thing about paying all that money for training was that I found myself in between classes ignoring what they told me and fixing little problems using marker training. As an example, they wanted me to use leash pressure to get her into a down. With my dog if you do that she gets kinda "screw you!" about it and gets mouthy. She would do it eventually but she would fight and then flop down all crooked. So I started working the foundation for our down from motion with markers and she now drops like a champ!
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Anne Jones wrote 07/15/2010 06:46 PM Re: Obedience class conundrum [Re: Lauren Jeffery ] #285080 - 07/15/2010 06:46 PM
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004 Posts: 3825 Loc: Northeast Offline	See....,you can do it :-) Just keep at it. MY DOGS...MY RULES
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leih merigian wrote 07/15/2010 06:52 PM Re: Obedience class conundrum [Re: Lauren Jeffery ] #285083 - 07/15/2010 06:52 PM
leih merigian Webboard User Reg: 06-16-2008 Posts: 915 Loc: Central Virginia Offline	When the time oomes and you want to work her under the higher distraction of other dogs, try to find a dog park with a good fence that you can work on the other side of, or something along those lines (people playing tennis, kids playing baseball, etc.). leih
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