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A good training tip
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A good training tip
I was catching up on my past issues of a K9 magazine and found this little excerpt. It is so brilliant and simple, and exactly what a lot of us come up against in training, especially for "harder" dogs (quotes used to try to imply a range of hardness whether in attitude, amount of correction, or drive, not sarcasm). I think this is something that becomes very important especially in the teenage time.
Excerpt taken from Police K9 Magazine, Nov-Dec 2015.
Excerpt taken from Police K9 Magazine, Nov-Dec 2015.
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Re: A good training tip
Here's another good one, same article.
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Re: A good training tip
Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So true too. The second article is Sadie.
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Great Articles - I need to be a bit more diligent!
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Re: A good training tip
So the only way the dog is allowed to satisfy drives is if "you" the handler tell him to? Am I understanding that right? The dog eats when you say eat, the dog bites when you say bite, the dog tracks when you say find.Owned-By-Hendrix wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2016 3:10 am I was catching up on my past issues of a K9 magazine and found this little excerpt. It is so brilliant and simple, and exactly what a lot of us come up against in training, especially for "harder" dogs (quotes used to try to imply a range of hardness whether in attitude, amount of correction, or drive, not sarcasm). I think this is something that becomes very important especially in the teenage time.
Excerpt taken from Police K9 Magazine, Nov-Dec 2015.
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Yes. You are in control. He eats when you say eat. He does not move unless you tell him to. he does nothing until you tell him so. If you put him in a down/ stay, he is not to move until you say, and if that is allday, then he sits all day.Tyler Durden wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:03 am
So the only way the dog is allowed to satisfy drives is if "you" the handler tell him to? Am I understanding that right? The dog eats when you say eat, the dog bites when you say bite, the dog tracks when you say find.
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Re: A good training tip
If I dont give Sadie any commands, she will do what she wishes when she feels the need. If she wants to play, she will find anything to play with, Dog bed, Thalie, my shoes etc. This is when they get destructive.
Destructive is a human term. The dog does not know what belongs to them, what is a toy or not a toy. So they will just find anything to destroy. Unless you are there to stop them
Destructive is a human term. The dog does not know what belongs to them, what is a toy or not a toy. So they will just find anything to destroy. Unless you are there to stop them
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Re: A good training tip
Basically, think "guidance" as opposed to "oppression", right?Dutchringgirl wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:53 pm If I dont give Sadie any commands, she will do what she wishes when she feels the need. If she wants to play, she will find anything to play with, Dog bed, Thalie, my shoes etc. This is when they get destructive.
Destructive is a human term. The dog does not know what belongs to them, what is a toy or not a toy. So they will just find anything to destroy. Unless you are there to stop them
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yes, guidance would steer them to using their aggression in a positive way. Oppression would be not allowing them to do anything while they were full of spit and vinegar and just getting after them. This would be where training comes in, having toys, spending time with them and showing them what you want them to do with their energy.
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Re: A good training tip
But an 8 week old pup is understandably mischievous, he bites a lot.Dutchringgirl wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:51 pmYes. You are in control. He eats when you say eat. He does not move unless you tell him to. he does nothing until you tell him so. If you put him in a down/ stay, he is not to move until you say, and if that is allday, then he sits all day.Tyler Durden wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:03 am
So the only way the dog is allowed to satisfy drives is if "you" the handler tell him to? Am I understanding that right? The dog eats when you say eat, the dog bites when you say bite, the dog tracks when you say find.
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oh yes, at 8 weeks they are a big handfull !!!! Redirect his bite. You will get bit and loose some blood, but thats the nature of the beast, they are fast. I still have to be very careful with Sadie when we play, she gets so worked up she looses focus and snaps a toy out of my hand.
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Re: A good training tip
It's more about the pattern you're setting in higher level situations. Take bite work. The decoy is the dog's BEST toy ever. You have a lot of drives that end up in "bite the decoy to relieve the stress" so the dog is going to do everything in it's power to satisfy those drives. Dogs do not like being in conflict long.
So I know the dog wants the decoy. Am I going to deman a high level of engagement from the dog immediately on the field with the decoy taunting? Not right off the bat. I start small - look at me for half a second then go bite the decoy. I build that duration up. I start asking for different things. The dog is learning that by listening to me it's getting to satisfy its drives so it's more willing to listen and obey because it knows it will get something satisfying. We build on this concept and pattern and change it up.
Same thing with a small pup. Pup wants the food/toy. I'm teaching it by doing whatever small thing I ask, you get to satisfy your drives. When the dog realizes it can bypass me and fulfill its drives, the want to listen to me is gone and then I must use compulsion to force the behavior, which builds conflict because instead of wanting to do what I say to fulfill its need, the pup is now fighting me to fulfill its need on its own. The longer this goes on the more conflict I create in correcting it and if the dog doesn't have a lot of biddability in it, it's going to come up the leash at you.
You see this forming in pups who suddenly become too busy sniffing to focus on a recall or a pup who lunges at strangers and you can't get them to calm down. They're fulfilling their drives and not listening to you - guess which choice they're going to make given this if it's never corrected?
So I know the dog wants the decoy. Am I going to deman a high level of engagement from the dog immediately on the field with the decoy taunting? Not right off the bat. I start small - look at me for half a second then go bite the decoy. I build that duration up. I start asking for different things. The dog is learning that by listening to me it's getting to satisfy its drives so it's more willing to listen and obey because it knows it will get something satisfying. We build on this concept and pattern and change it up.
Same thing with a small pup. Pup wants the food/toy. I'm teaching it by doing whatever small thing I ask, you get to satisfy your drives. When the dog realizes it can bypass me and fulfill its drives, the want to listen to me is gone and then I must use compulsion to force the behavior, which builds conflict because instead of wanting to do what I say to fulfill its need, the pup is now fighting me to fulfill its need on its own. The longer this goes on the more conflict I create in correcting it and if the dog doesn't have a lot of biddability in it, it's going to come up the leash at you.
You see this forming in pups who suddenly become too busy sniffing to focus on a recall or a pup who lunges at strangers and you can't get them to calm down. They're fulfilling their drives and not listening to you - guess which choice they're going to make given this if it's never corrected?
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Re: A good training tip
Love this. I know I've patted myself on the back here before in how I've managed En's prey drive, but this is exactly it! I haven't worked her on the deer hide/flirt pole in a few months, and it shows.Owned-By-Hendrix wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2017 5:19 am
So I know the dog wants the decoy. Am I going to deman a high level of engagement from the dog immediately on the field with the decoy taunting? Not right off the bat. I start small - look at me for half a second then go bite the decoy. I build that duration up. I start asking for different things. The dog is learning that by listening to me it's getting to satisfy its drives so it's more willing to listen and obey because it knows it will get something satisfying. We build on this concept and pattern and change it up.
You see this forming in pups who suddenly become too busy sniffing to focus on a recall or a pup who lunges at strangers and you can't get them to calm down. They're fulfilling their drives and not listening to you - guess which choice they're going to make given this if it's never corrected?
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Re: A good training tip
Decoy is the best toy. YOU GOT THAT RIGHT !!!!!
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Re: A good training tip
Bringing this post back up. It’s a good tip.
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