Ptolomy Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 and the winner is...... STrauss by the length of the straight First 2 and last 2 weavers are angled - all the rest are straight. These are his runs from tonight which includes one where he misses the last couple, but he is doing a great job and is really starting to power through them. I am also starting to give him more room. Cider on the other hand will begin remedial weaver training when I have the strength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 way to go Strauss - the dog who was only going to be a "Stud" is a superstar in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RallyValley Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Just a little anecdote and a reminder to trainers to video their training more often. I filmed some training with Toby and I thought he was doing rubbish and I was getting frustrated and upset because I have seen him do brilliant work and don't know why he is suddenly being lax. So I gave up and decided to do a game instead, then tugged a bit and threw a ball for him. Then watching the video back the heel work was much better then I was seeing and I realised that having an open container of chicken popcorn, a wool ring and a ball is a HUGE distraction so I should have been crying tears of joy he was doing any work.And at the end when I did some motivation games with him he was sooooo into it! Plus his stands have come together finally Trainer: -2 Toby: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Way to go, Toby!!! I love videos sometimes, too. I think a trial is rubbish then I watch it back and it wasn't as rubbish as I thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoilt lab lives here Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 First 2 trials for the year entered! A double in March. We havent done much since we got our title but now Ive entered Im motivated to get training. Wont take too long to build him back up I dont think. Now if I could just pull him away from the palm tree berries! we will be right. He loves those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Ok need some open training motivation i have zero at this stage. Im battling to train drop on recallso suggestions pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Ok need some open training motivation i have zero at this stage. Im battling to train drop on recallso suggestions pls 2 food game with drops throw in - but not every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Ok iv done that ( was suggested at club ) but he is slow to respond?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 slow to respond to the drop?? If he is stands in front of you how quickly does he drop? what about in heel position? My kids all go down like they have been shot. You can start off with him close by ask him to drop if he takes more than a millisecond to respond mark it with oh too bad. and walk away. Try again a few seconds later. It gets to the point where you are rewarding the fast ones and marking the ones that take too long. You can also play dropping games between the two boys -first one down gets the treat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 He is quick when next to me but if im in front of him he is slowed up? I guess Its something i really need to work on more, i will try say too bad if he is slow but then he may offer another behaviour, guess we will see tomorrow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 What Ptolomy said but also make sure he understands your hand and voice command. It looks very different for the dog in front of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Its very odd as as a pup in front of me is how i taught the drop thats how we learnt it in class. Iv been very conscious to do it both positions with pup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 You can also play dropping games between the two boys -first one down gets the treat I play this with my two Though in a trial, they really could learn to drop faster :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 You can also play dropping games between the two boys -first one down gets the treat I play this with my two Though in a trial, they really could learn to drop faster :laugh: I do somtimes do this but Gibbs is sooo slow lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavstar Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I need some advise on training. I've been training my 14 wo cav a few basic tricks. She can do sit & drop & stay ( for a short while!) I've also started to teach her crawl & leave it. Yesterday I started on high 5. I was jet wondering though if it is best to wait until she has mastered each trick before moving on to another or ok to be learning a few at time? We generally have 2-3 short training sessions a day Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Cavstar - I tend to wait until the dog knows something before introducing something new. Hmm let me rephrase this - for a 14 week old puppy I would tend to wait until it knows something before teaching it something new. You should find that the puppy is like a sponge trying to soak up as much information as possible so really it shouldn't take long to teach basic behaviours. For older kids - I don't think this is quite the same - I would teach scent, while also teaching the box. Or teach heeling while also teaching dumbbell,but these are more complex behaviours, which take a lot long to teach than a sit or a down or a shake hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Agree with Ptolomy. Also, with the more complex behaviours I like to give them a few days to mull over it. For example I was working on weaves for a week but then had to concentrate on retrieving training for an upcoming trial. Gave her a rest day yesterday from retrieving but she went mental when Zig was doing weavers so I put her through and she did 12 (progressively) very quickly. She's never done 12 before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavstar Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Great :) Thanks Yes she picks things up so very fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Had such a great training session yesterday. Late afternoon, training field surrounded with bush, get set up, start the seek back, send Coco, look back to the start peg and there's a roo come out of the bush for a look. Start to call Coco off the exercise when she stops dead in her tracks, head up, ears pricked. Feeling panicky by now and still havent had the time to get the words out - when down goes the head back on track, finds the article and delivers to me perfectly. When we next look at the start peg no more skippy. How great is my girl?? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Had such a great training session yesterday. Late afternoon, training field surrounded with bush, get set up, start the seek back, send Coco, look back to the start peg and there's a roo come out of the bush for a look. Start to call Coco off the exercise when she stops dead in her tracks, head up, ears pricked. Feeling panicky by now and still havent had the time to get the words out - when down goes the head back on track, finds the article and delivers to me perfectly. When we next look at the start peg no more skippy. How great is my girl?? :D and your heart rate at the time was???? Well done talk about distraction training she was a very good girl! Your seekback must be more rewarding that chasing a roo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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