My wife and i have 2 GSDs a 2 yr old male(Vinnie) and a 2 and 1/2 yr old female(Betsy). We are involved in a Schutzhund Club. We have only been involved for 2 years. She is very high in prey drive (very). Betsy is such an obediant dog and is getting much better in calming ( or should i say we are learning to be calmer).
Anyway ( i ramble on also, so i apoligize in advance LOL)Betsy doesn't want to platz on the article during tracking. She is also starting to come back to my wife. Were looking for some recommendations to try to improve her or make her be happy to platz on the article.
She did receive her sch1 title with a score of 71 in tracking. The dog did indicate the article however 2 to 3 feet before it. At training (tracking) if any pressure is applied she starts to come back to the handler.
If she is toy motivated then release/reward with ball at article indication, recall, platz on track and out the ball, give sook command. If food motivation is higher than toy then feed high value food on the article. Have to really increase the reward value for article indication.
One thing though as you mentioned pressure and that she quits, if pressure is used and she quits, then more pressure is neeeded to get her to the next article. Pressure only stops at article indication/or if the dog is moving forward toward the next article, leaving the track or quitting turns it back on. Off course this is only applicable if her temperament type is suited for it and you and your trainers are the best judge of that.
I teach down on the article as a separate exercise away from the track. i lay out a few articles. i walk the dog to the article. then down him. i reward with food while the dog is down on the article. i take the article away before i move the dog to the next one. a little practice he will do fine. i always reinforce the down on the article, even on the track.i will proof the dog occasionally.
never give a command you can't enforce.
If she is toy motivated then release/reward with ball at article indication, recall, platz on track and out the ball, give sook command. If food motivation is higher than toy then feed high value food on the article. Have to really increase the reward value for article indication.
One thing though as you mentioned pressure and that she quits, if pressure is used and she quits, then more pressure is neeeded to get her to the next article. Pressure only stops at article indication/or if the dog is moving forward toward the next article, leaving the track or quitting turns it back on. Off course this is only applicable if her temperament type is suited for it and you and your trainers are the best judge of that.
Right, this can work if the dog can take the pressure. It sounds to me that maybe you should back off the pressure and train the article as something seperate. There is tracking and there is article indication. When I can tell my dog to "find it" and he searches for and downs on the article then I put an article on the track. I'll tell him to track and when he comes close to the article I tell him to "find it". I do that a few times and then once I wont and if he downs I don't remind him find it anymore. So I am basically combining the two seperate exercises. Just like I train sit and I train heel. Then I teach him to sit when I stop during heeling and eventually he does it without my asking for it.
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