Guest Tess32 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Reilly never really enjoyed obedience that much so when he was at a reaonable level and had good manners, I left it. I have done some random training with him recently and somehow, he's so good! He gets things he didn't do at the time, was all happy about it. He is 4 now. Has anyone else seen a dog kinda mature and then be more interested? Thinking of taking him back to training now as he just might be willing to do CCD at the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie N Her Aussie Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Reilly never really enjoyed obedience that much so when he was at a reaonable level and had good manners, I left it.I have done some random training with him recently and somehow, he's so good! He gets things he didn't do at the time, was all happy about it. He is 4 now. Has anyone else seen a dog kinda mature and then be more interested? Thinking of taking him back to training now as he just might be willing to do CCD at the least. go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicko Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Im exactly the same, did trainign with Sunnie (beagle x) when he was younger but he just wasnt interested, he was more intersted in everything else that was going on. I am now taking him every weekend and he is doign really well and really enjoys pleasing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~*Shell*~ Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Zero's the same - i got him at 2, and taught him the basics and now at 4 we're doing more tricks and he's learning so fast. We're even going to start group obedience and agility. He's mellowed out enough to get over his dog aggression too, it was like he's suddenly had his "nice dog" switch flipped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natsu chan Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Oh yes LOL! Most collies are like that. They take a while to mentally mature I find. I've heard a lot of people call them lazy but I think that a lot of it is down to metal immaturity, when they're young they find it tiring to focus for long and once they get tired they switch off. I've found that with ours that they respond so much better to short bursts of concentrated work. Two 10 minute sessions a day broken up into 5 minute blocks with a break in between works for us, other wise yes they switch off but once they hit maturity they find it so much easier to focus. All bar one of ours have been like this. The one that wasn't was a little superstar from day one but that's not the norm at all! Why not give it a go, no harm in trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akitaowner Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 i find having a second dog has made my boy now 4, wanting to be involved much more. Hes sees me working with Rogue and wants a piece fo the action! so has come on quite a lot in the last little while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Paws Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 My 1st gsd I got at 5 months old and she haden't been to puppy preschool beforehand either.We were living in a country town at the time and s she was too old for puppy preschool sowe completly missed out any formal training and I didn't know a great deal either so we just fumbled our way along.No off leash parks for socialising and I didn't know too many people who I could socialise her with We moved to Wollongong a little over 12 months ago and joined a local obedience club and she flew through the levels and after about 5 months we've just progressed to level 4 which i never ever dreamed we'd be in as its for people trialing so i say go for it,you never know how they'll go till you try Oh-she's 5 years old as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tess32 Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Well I joined him back into an obedience club today, so hope he ends up enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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