Tatelina

I'm a newb just like you... And after umming and ahhing and thinking that all the clubs are too far away from me, I'm going to bite the bullet and drive the 40mins to a reputable training club that sounds like a fantastic learning base for my girls. Going next week myself to check it out and sign up, and the week after with one of my girls for the beginner class... I can't wait!

Welcome Crazy Daisy! Cute puppas! There's some good advice here and if you search on threads aboout being the alpha leader I'm sure you'll find extra info.

Well there you go! Just on the spot like that can figure it out! I can't wait to do this with my girls..hopefully they figure it out in one session!

Thanks for the link Helen! Anyone else have any stories to share? Pros and cons of what has happened when they did this with their dogs or repercussions?

Yes that's exactly what I meant! Ok can you elaborate - How exactly am I suppoused to keep the dog enthusiastic about a box, without letting them know that it's the box that I want them to 'interact' with? Just click and throw treat on the box and then when they do something to it get excited? Thanks for the replies lovely people! Keep them coming!

I can't find any threads on doing the box trick! You know...where you put a cardboard box and click and treat any random thing the dog does with/to it to encourage the dog to think? Anyway I just saw a video where it sounded like the owner started clicker training with this method...which I must have understood wrong as at the very least you would have to charge the clicker. But anyway...my questions are: When is the best time to do the box trick? Right at the beginning of clicker training? ie. my dogs learnt what the clicker was about 3 weeks ago and atm we're working on touch (yeah I know not very fast progress). So would an attempt at the box trick utterly confuse my pooches? Also it it done over several sessions? Or all in one go? (ie. say 40 click + treats in a go?) What benefits are there for doing the box trick? Have you tried/bothered/failed/succeeded in doing the box trick?

I need to learn this shaping business!! It sounds like fun!

Hahahaha.. I want videos!

At the risk of dampening the thread... I agree whole heartedly with jdavis and would have said exactly the same if I had found this thread earlier. Poor dog! I hope she gets relieved of all this soon. Quoted for emphasis. Anyway. Good luck.

That's so cute!!!

Wow! I would never had guessed that you would need all those steps to teach that! Crazy! So how long has it taken/do you think it will take from beginning learning to being able to do the see saw?

NorthernStarPits can you please contact me? I can't PM you because it is switched off..

Thanks for the offer!! I'll see how I go... might take you up on it. Cheers!

Egh. Ok. Thanks guys! I must have thought the clicker was my magic conversation tool that would keep making dogs happy to do stuff for food...but obviously they have short attention spans. :D hehehe.

Was is it? I think I want... :D

So interesting! :D

HAHAHAHAHAHA!! That is such a funny video!! Thanks for posting it and sharing your story! I have never considered or heard of that technique..but obviously it works!! Fabulous!! That seems so much easier and quicker than desensitising a dog!

OOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh.......... Fail 1. Session too long. Fail 2. Let Dori get bored (she ended up touching the target about 30 times...but I thought it had to be a solid move before adding a word cue....) Gotcha! My target stick is a hand made one - a long 45cm thin pole with a clicker masking taped on one end, and a big bundle of masking tape to make a 3cm ball on the other end. HAHAHA! Yes. Very povo. :D Haven't done hand touches because I thought I would skip that. I read someone here say that their dogs constantly touched their hands when they had tea thus making them spill it.

YES! I don't even do agility or know who Uta is..but I've just found that other thread as well and I'm thrilled that there's also going to be a seminar in Sydney. Excellent!

Any specific fantastic dvds or books so I don't have to buy allllll of them?

Btw...read dog park as any spot where I'm allowed to be with a dog.

I need help... I can't figure out if I'm doing the clicker training correctly. I've watched countless vids on YouTube, and I get the concept of clicker training (C+T)....but I don't think I can even charge the clicker properly... :D I thought we made progress today with our 3rd short 10min session with Dori...and I started with teaching touch with a target, but after 5mins she started mouthing the target and trying to eat it. But she obviously wasn't amazed at this concept of 'i do this, and I hear a click and I get food' because she would only repeatedly go to the target (at the end of a stick) every few times.. Does that make sense? Anyway. I'm just looking for someone who wouldn't mind if I drove out to their area and met up in a dog park for 15ish mins with my dog and my clicker, just so they can tell me what I'm doing wrong. Any clicker pros in the Strathfield, NSW area willing to help a well meaning lostie? :p

No, of course not, the dobermann doesn't have RB laws to adhere to. But it would be just as tragic and a horrible experience, but just because of it's breed something SHOULD have been done...? I don't know how to word my point or get across what I'm trying to get at...so never mind me! (It did make sense in my head though!) :rolleyes:

But isn't that the point...? Had it been a dobermann that had jumped a fence and attacked an elderly dog, there wouldn't be remorse and regret for not reporting it? I'm not taking a particularly strong stance (mainly because I have no idea what I'm talking about) but I do agree with this comment: And I agree with this part of the following comment...