RubyStar Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Yeah I always get suckered in by the free shipping page But I'm being STRONG!!! I do want a Thundershirt for Millie which is on free shipping But I think she'll be fine without it. There are a few things that I want though that aren't on free shipping. If shipping was reasonable I'd pay it, but the problem is CR shipping is actually (unless on free shipping which is ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Post op visit to the specialist this afternoon and the sling is off!!! Still have pretty limited range of movement so left signals are pretty manky but she recognized them. So first proper training session since beginning of September and my little pocket rocket worked the house down, Despite it being pretty warm out there. So very happy tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Post op visit to the specialist this afternoon and the sling is off!!! Still have pretty limited range of movement so left signals are pretty manky but she recognized them. So first proper training session since beginning of September and my little pocket rocket worked the house down, Despite it being pretty warm out there. So very happy tonight Woo Hoo terrific news Quick rush out and enter a trial I returned home this arvo and just did 30 seconds in the hall with each of the kids, cos its raining outside, and I am sure if I had said fly to the moon they would have all given it a go. They were all like dogs with new batteries It will be interesting to see what happens at the trial tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Woo Hoo terrific news Quick rush out and enter a trial I returned home this arvo and just did 30 seconds in the hall with each of the kids, cos its raining outside, and I am sure if I had said fly to the moon they would have all given it a go. They were all like dogs with new batteries It will be interesting to see what happens at the trial tomorrow night. Glad to hear you made it home okay. Isnt it great when absence makes the heart grow fonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Oh you're back Ptolomy! No wonder they were so excited! Good luck in the trial tomorrow, hopefully the weather improves. Kathq glad your arm is out of the sling and you can carry on training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Post op visit to the specialist this afternoon and the sling is off!!! Still have pretty limited range of movement so left signals are pretty manky but she recognized them. So first proper training session since beginning of September and my little pocket rocket worked the house down, Despite it being pretty warm out there. So very happy tonight Woo Hoo terrific news Quick rush out and enter a trial I returned home this arvo and just did 30 seconds in the hall with each of the kids, cos its raining outside, and I am sure if I had said fly to the moon they would have all given it a go. They were all like dogs with new batteries It will be interesting to see what happens at the trial tomorrow night. Welcome home! Night time trial, woohoo!! Looking forward to it, if the rain stays away!! Your kids are always eager to work :D Ruby's been great fun lately, but we'll get in the ring tomorrow night and be brought back to earth Nothing like a trial and my nerves to make a happy dog in training turn into a dog who is off with the fairies in the ring! Can't wait til we start flogging UD (next week? :D) Glad to hear you're out of the sling kath and back into it!!!! When are you trialling next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Lol Gibbs is super eager and easy to train - Mason was keen today but isnt as keen as Gibbs who i enjoy training things due to his enthusiasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elise+Hudson Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Hudson has been such a good boy, and I just love having him here! We were working on sit + down stays today. He will let me walk away approx 5m and will sit for 30 seconds before I call him, he is also starting to learn the sit at recall which is lovely! I never thought I would like obedience, but I am having fun teaching some basics.. I think we will be a year or so off actually trialing (if I have a go at all!). We start our Basic Manners course on Tuesday :D This is the next step up from puppy preschool, and I am hoping it will help with Hudson and training under distraction. He is great at home, but bring in people or dogs! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoilt lab lives here Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Stays- How do you train your stays? For me stay means STAY. When training I say stay and that means you stay put, I dont care if the dog next to you is moving, there is food in front of you. Im calling your name, making a song and dance, stepping over you, throwing a toy or there are kids calling your name you STAY! He is pretty solid on his stays. Recalls I always use the word wait- It means wait because there may be something coming and you will have to move. Ie- recall, change of position those sorts of excersizes will always have a wait command. If I confuse the words and try to call him for a recall after saying stay he sits there looking confused and doesnt move. Im loving the night time trialling too! I get my whole day to do my own thing then can go to the trial at night. This Saturday nights one is a local one Means I can go to work in the morning, get my hair done after work and still rock up on time for the trial! Just going in for fun tomorrow night and boy I am excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I use "WAIT" for everything....and its contagious as I can even have Stay people using Wait on a Stay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'm with spoiltlab on this one. Stay means stay - move and you pay the consequences. Dont care what the provocation is. I use wait when there is something coming that I'm going to ask you to do like recall, CoP and very handy in training dumbbell with a retrieve mad dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I use whatever I remember at the time - hmmm Kenz has "sit" means sit, "drop" means drop so I will use those when I leave her. But then if I have been training Ness I have been known to throw in a stay or a wait with Kenz . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 So does everybody have a release word then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 So does everybody have a release word then? Yes but I am norty In obedience training or when let off leash it means relax (and go piss on a tree in Zig's case and hence why it is never used in the ring ;) ), in agility it means release from the start line like a rocket and in retrieving it means GO GET THAT BIRDIE YOU MARKED! Somehow they manage to work it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Release word from a stay Ptolomy?? Do you mean a release to a reward or a release to you? Any command is effectively a release from position to comply with that command but yep we also have a release to her reward :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpette Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Stay means stay, unless a helicopter flies over low and your sitting on a 94/100 :rolleyes: . Then it means get up from a down stay and walk very slowly over to mum Boy dogs are so sooky when girl dogs are in season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpette Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Release word is "free" and it means a ball game to Zeph, but never until after the recall or the stays. For Dee it means food, and the same timing applies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 So does everybody have a release word then? Definitely. Yes marks the correct behaviour, Okay and Alright are release work is done words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 grumpette I feel for you after having had a dog break 2 sit stays both on good scores. I am just so grateful the stay gods were looking out for me the day she was on her best 196 score. I would have been devastated if she had gone down like she did the following day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuffles Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 My "stay" and "wait" have gradually melded into one because I am a crap handler. But Ava seems to understand so I don't worry too much about it anymore. Body language matters more to her than words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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