I have been trying the flinks methods for building drive with moderate results. The other day while spraying a hose my GSD "Dakota" went absolutely nuts for the water. It was a beautiful sight to see, just like in the video. ONE Problem, water doesn't work....can't grip, bite, tug. It just seems to build that frustration they need to build drive.
Does any one have any ideas how I can incorporate and/or transition with the water hose to the ball or a tug.
Hi Sean, If he's crazy over the hose itself, I've seen where some people use an actual piece of hose as a prey item. Cut a 6''-12'' piece(long enough where he can target the center without biting your hands). The anticipation of water coming out of it may get him interested, it's worked for a lot of people. Good luck.
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Mike -I know people use pieces of hose for prey items but this is not a good idea - not if you are serious about building grips. Hose is slippery when wet and the dog will chew on them - this is not what we want. You are better advised to use tugs - tie a rope to it and flip it around like crazy - one of the biggest mistakes I see new people make is they don't allow the dog to catch the prey enough during drive building. In other words they do too much focus work. Beginning trainers need to allow the dog to gat the prey during drive at least 20% of the time and if a dog lacks drive it should get it more often then that.
Once it has it - don't snatch it away from the dog - let it carry - taking the prey away tuirns on the nerves of th dog. So either take the dog into your arms or run with it again or fight with it. Only snatch the prey 20% of the time too. Trainers who take it away too much create mouthing.
I am almost done with the second tape which is ALL GRIP Building - I go into these things in detail in that video http://leerburg.com/310.htm
Hey, don't be surprized if you use hoses and your dog is a water freak if you end up with a lot of holes in your garden hose. Possibly even in you. I got nailed by my housemates idiot male when I was scrubbing out a crate outdoors and had the hose in my hand <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
The good hoses for training are the really heavy hydraulic hoses like they use on heavy machinery. Darn near impossible to destroy.
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