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at 12 weeks give them 2 meals a day.. but i have a big pup

yea dont use green tennis balls because the glue and the sailiva makes a cemical reaction and can make them sick ( that was a test done in germany which showed this)

yea i think that is right... but if she dosent get it not to fuss.. ill try every thing that is suggested.. and if that dosent work well you cant do much..

im doing every thing i was told i just think geneticly she dosent have it but ill keep trying

I don't know anything about IPO but I know a little bit about training in drive. Maybe skip training for a few days and give her no stimulation whatsoever, not toys, no training, no games, don't take her out of the yard, nothing - this would make her really bored, then do like a 2 minute session a few days after this and as soon as she hits her peak drive (as in super keen) then stop playing with her and leave. I know that when I was building drive with my pup she was not allowed out of the yard for several weeks, no toys, games, training, walks, interaction with other dogs - basically I had to get her really bored and really frustrated to start bringing out the drive. Also do you use just one prey item as a reward? I found that sticking to one toy works really well rather than continuously switching and changing toys. Like Arya says, contact Steve at k9force for some info - his training in drive program works really well! thats a really good idea i will have to do that one.

i have been doing ipo for 6 months. i do the drive excercises about 5 times a day for 5 mins or when she get board i dont know wat you mean about how i do them. she plays with me willingy yes but she is doing it half heartly and she plays with other people yes.. and i dont give her a command for it.

i have the ivan balabanov dvds that teaches tracking drive focous grip ect.. but she has drive for me i need her to transfer it to some thing elese and thank you for that advice i will try it. do you have any more? HELP K9 LOL Okay, when you say she has drive for you, do you mean you can get her fired up and she goes your arm etc. ? If you are saying this, you need to transfer that onto the article. I know, easy to say hard to do but in my time with my dog I have gone from balls to tugs to hoses. You can do this by removing the prey object altogether for a while. OBVIOUSLY you can't do that with yourself!!! Is that what you mean? My only other advice would be to make the hose, if you swap to hose, or small bite roll or whatever, very high value by only allowing play when you play with it. I don't quite understand what you mean. To 'make drive' you move the object very quickly side to side or away from the animal, never towards it. You then let the animal have it after they have performed something they know like 'sit'. Pretty simple but you gradually build on this. maybe you just haven't found the right prey item to build drive. Think outside the square a bit. You can use more than one for different situations I've found too. To build drive in the recall forget about e-collars LOL. The best way I've found is with a bite roll. So I use a bite roll specifically for the recall. I don't know if any of this is helping you at all!!! I think it might come down to the prey item with you. But crating... nope, I wouldn't do it. For IPO you still want a hugely strong bond with your dog. You create this by working/playing together. Crating works to a degree, I believe, but I also believe that if you need to work on bond strengthening, retreival/recall games are the way to go. They build drive, they build the bond. Use your prey item during them and the drive should build. Well, that's been my experience with my dog and others I've seen and suggested to. Where are you situated? K9 could help you A guy called Mark Murray in Vic. thank you for that i got a bit outa it.. i live in queensland... but if you know any one up here???

yes i do belong to a ipo club and they say the crating method but its not working.. and i wanted more opions

i ahve heard of it but the person who was goin to let me read it never brought it in for me...

Use 1/2ml merolin & abit of the dogs blood mixed together in a syringe with a 25gauge x 5/8" needle a spray behind the patella from top to bottom a should keep it in place, rest for 10 days

If a mite is to be killed i have heard that a special cortisiod can be injected under the skin @ 1ml or 2ml(size depends amount) & thats all check with a good vet.

when i finish playing with her and she goes good. because she is a food pig should i give her a chicken neck or something? so she know she went good?

yes i am.. do you do it?

i have the ivan balabanov dvds that teaches tracking drive focous grip ect.. but she has drive for me i need her to transfer it to some thing elese and thank you for that advice i will try it. do you have any more?

not every puppy from two show champions or grand champions is a show prospect let alone a guarateed future champion. Same with drives... IMHO if I had a child that was great in soccer and hopeless in piano I wouldnt push the piano lessons, Id do a lot of soccer. im not doing shows... she is allright at piano as you put so im trying to bring it out and make her better at it and if she has no drive there is no point in doing obdience or tracking i need all 3 phases.... but do you have any methods i could use or websites i could go to...