Little Brag

[SmoothieGirl]

I swore I wasn't going to log on until after 8pm, but I'm just so excited by my pup's brillance.

Some of you may know that my girl has been recovering from a fractured growth plate (pinned hock bone, splint, confinement the whole kit and kaboodle). Well I was looking for things I could continue to train her that didn't need her to move very much and one of the Collie clan, (thank you NatsuChan) suggested we start on reverse training of retrieve.

Well she's back on all four legs now and doing really well, after me having a little freak out the other day thinking she was never going to improve. Most of her retrieve training has also been going well, so lately I have been trying to encourage her to actually 'go' and fetch the object/s we have been training with, rather than just fetch them from my hand. Until now she has looked at me like I'm a nong and I should go and get it myself, because she knows damn well I have her treat in my clicker hand and she wasn't about to leave me in case it disappeared - as if. So I had to think a little smarter and put aside the boring things we have been using and started using two toys that she has stolen off the cat - her favourite toys.

Here come's the brag...tonight she started chasing after them and sort of kinda bringing them to me and waiting until I asked for them.

Then...drumroll please....I used her toy lion, threw it, told her to fetch - she fetched, told her to come - she came, told her to sit - she sat, told her to hold - she held, then I told her thank you - and she gave me Lion. Click, treat and then much much fussing by me about what a clever and pretty girl she was.

Result being one very proud owner (hence you are reading this now).

Right...all I have to do is replicate this..........hmmmmm.......

Thanks for listening to my excitable rant, bye for now

[scotty03]

I swore I wasn't going to log on until after 8pm, but I'm just so excited by my pup's brillance.

Some of you may know that my girl has been recovering from a fractured growth plate (pinned hock bone, splint, confinement the whole kit and kaboodle). Well I was looking for things I could continue to train her that didn't need her to move very much and one of the Collie clan, (thank you NatsuChan) suggested we start on reverse training of retrieve.

Well she's back on all four legs now and doing really well, after me having a little freak out the other day thinking she was never going to improve. Most of her retrieve training has also been going well, so lately I have been trying to encourage her to actually 'go' and fetch the object/s we have been training with, rather than just fetch them from my hand. Until now she has looked at me like I'm a nong and I should go and get it myself, because she knows damn well I have her treat in my clicker hand and she wasn't about to leave me in case it disappeared - as if. So I had to think a little smarter and put aside the boring things we have been using and started using two toys that she has stolen off the cat - her favourite toys.

Here come's the brag...tonight she started chasing after them and sort of kinda bringing them to me and waiting until I asked for them.

Then...drumroll please....I used her toy lion, threw it, told her to fetch - she fetched, told her to come - she came, told her to sit - she sat, told her to hold - she held, then I told her thank you - and she gave me Lion. Click, treat and then much much fussing by me about what a clever and pretty girl she was.

Result being one very proud owner (hence you are reading this now).

Right...all I have to do is replicate this..........hmmmmm.......

Thanks for listening to my excitable rant, bye for now

LMAO Shel. Gr8 to see Bronte on the inprove ;)

All the others musta seen me join the forum & done a runner

[RachelleBuck]

Great to hear Bronte is on the mend Shel.

That is great that you are teaching her that now, wish I had started that sort of thing with my girl earlier.

[Eliteview Aussies]

Fantastic to hear Shel. I'm always trying to drum into people that the retrieve is a fantastic thing to teach!

Glad to hear she is on the mend. She will be back to training in no time and we look forward to seeing you back at the club.

[SmoothieGirl]

Fantastic to hear Shel. I'm always trying to drum into people that the retrieve is a fantastic thing to teach!

Glad to hear she is on the mend. She will be back to training in no time and we look forward to seeing you back at the club.

I'm so keen to get back, it was terrible timing given the day before she was promoted to Class 2. She's being desexed in a week and half and I think we are on track to come back in Oct still.