A need a little help in gaining some more interest in the obedience portion of my training. I am trying to gain more interest in my dog for the obedience portion of the trails. We are going to hopefully be tested on his CD in the next coming months and he does okay in obedience but I can't get him to fully focus on the tasks at hand. He's doing what I ask him to 90% of the time on leash with the exception of faulty sit and downs in motion. This needs work. Also, when we turn to some off leash work, he tends to lallygag when the command is given. Now I guess I could correct the crap out of him but I don't want to discourage him in this portion of the training. He does great in tracking and initial bitework, but his obedience tends to be, "well okay, if I have to do it I will" attitude.
What reason have you given him to like obedience? You only mention correcting the dog to 'fix' things, when it sounds to me like that is the source of the problem.
You can correct the crap out of him, as long as you praise the crap out of him.
99% of the people, especially men do not praise half as much as they should.
Also work him to food or a toy or a tug, something he wants
Ron
He goes absolutely nutso for the ball. I do use this for reward on the field, but do I have to rely on this every single time?? He gets so crazy for this ball that if he knows I have it he will do anything for it, but if he knows that I don't have it, it tends to put the obed. training in reverse. The logical way to solve this problem is to keep the ball in my pocket and have him do his obed. but as far as I know, I can't take this item with me in the trail.
I would recommend you look into buying the Flinks tapes that Ed sells. The Drive, Focus, and Grip tape is a wonderful start. He will show you how to get focus to go with that drive he already has for the ball, and also how to make your dog beleive the toy can come out at any time.
You need to go to intermittent rewards to strengthen a behavior once the behavior is learned. I think Ed has an article on differential reinforcement under his training articles. That may head you in the right direction in the mean time.
And, you are right... the ball can not be with you in a trial, but it sounds like you are trying to wean it away too quickly...
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