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Sugars Mom
- Working Dog
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- Tell us about yourself: I adopted a Dutch Shepherd mix (without knowing what she was) from the SPCA here in Victoria BC and am now trying to learn everything I can about this breed. My husband and I work from home most of the time so I thought it was time to get a puppy! We have his 2 boys here half the time and we wanted a nice family dog.
Sugar looks like a miniature Dutch Shepherd with floppy ears, and has every ounce of DS traits in her little body!
I hope to learn from other DS owners and share doggy experiences. - Location: Victoria BC
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Dutchringgirl
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- Posts: 5692
- Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:05 pm
- Tell us about yourself: I am a mom of 6 life forces - 2 kids and 3 dogs 1 hamster. I live in Ct. I have trained Ringsport and Agility and have 2 DS, one 15 and 7 and a Basset Hound Cookie who is 2
- Location: Ct, USA
Re: Nose Touch
Sadie just needs to learn not to kill it 
Lisa, Thalie CGC & Sadie, Cookie the Basset, CT
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leih merigian
- Working Dog
- Posts: 1960
- Joined: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:20 pm
- Tell us about yourself: Had a GSD, am getting a DS puppy in a few weeks. Compete in agility, obedience, and cross train in tons of stuff. Found out about this site from the DS Rescue yahoo list.
Re: Nose Touch
OK, in case you guys care... 
First, teach your dog to go to a rug. from a sit beside you, and sit on it, facing you, on cue. Then, move the rug around and have the dog go to it ("go rug," or whatever cue you use). Then use two rugs, placed a ways apart from each other, and direct the dog to which rug.
Then place the rug behind the stationary ball. Teach the dog to go around it (counter clockwise) to the rug (where it will sit), or bye it (clockwise) to the rug.
Then, put your stickie on the ball, have the dog sitting behind the ball (you fade the rug when the dog understands the behavior; when you can say "go around" or "go bye" and the dog will go behind the ball in the right direction and sit behind it), then "push." Ideally, the dog only pushes when you give the cue.
Reward for pushing the ball towards you.
At this point, I'd have Geyser sit next to me, I'd kick the ball, and when it stopped moving, I'd send her to the ball and have her start pushing it to me. Eventually, I added goal posts .
Now, if you kick the ball and send your dog before the ball stops moving, have more balls on hand
First, teach your dog to go to a rug. from a sit beside you, and sit on it, facing you, on cue. Then, move the rug around and have the dog go to it ("go rug," or whatever cue you use). Then use two rugs, placed a ways apart from each other, and direct the dog to which rug.
Then place the rug behind the stationary ball. Teach the dog to go around it (counter clockwise) to the rug (where it will sit), or bye it (clockwise) to the rug.
Then, put your stickie on the ball, have the dog sitting behind the ball (you fade the rug when the dog understands the behavior; when you can say "go around" or "go bye" and the dog will go behind the ball in the right direction and sit behind it), then "push." Ideally, the dog only pushes when you give the cue.
Reward for pushing the ball towards you.
At this point, I'd have Geyser sit next to me, I'd kick the ball, and when it stopped moving, I'd send her to the ball and have her start pushing it to me. Eventually, I added goal posts
.Now, if you kick the ball and send your dog before the ball stops moving, have more balls on hand
leih merigian
Vrijheid's H'Geyser
Zodiac vom Younghaus (over the bridge)
Central VA (near Charlottesville)
It's never too late to have a happy childhood...
Vrijheid's H'Geyser
Zodiac vom Younghaus (over the bridge)
Central VA (near Charlottesville)
It's never too late to have a happy childhood...
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Dutchringgirl
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- Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:05 pm
- Tell us about yourself: I am a mom of 6 life forces - 2 kids and 3 dogs 1 hamster. I live in Ct. I have trained Ringsport and Agility and have 2 DS, one 15 and 7 and a Basset Hound Cookie who is 2
- Location: Ct, USA
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Great! Thanks! I am prepaird to loose many balls with Sadie! I have already lost a ton of pool floaties.
Lisa, Thalie CGC & Sadie, Cookie the Basset, CT
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alspyce
- Working Dog
- Posts: 1222
- Joined: Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:51 pm
- Tell us about yourself: I am in New York State. Got my first DS about 14 years ago (more or less as a rescue- lost her in Nov.). After years of GSD's, and a few dogs of other breeds (Rotti/Beauceron/Ger. Shorthaired Pointer/ Yorkie and my current Jack Russell) I now have another DS, 4mo female, no name yet, tho I have a few in mind.
Also have a horse-old quarter horse mare-32.
Can't wait for all the snow to get gone! Spring is coming too slow this year! - Location: Corinth, New York
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For the "go around" I used a kitchen chair, and directed with a hand signal, the direction I wanted her to go.(Found out my dog is right handed--lots of animals have a preference.) When she got that part, I started telling her to "wait" in the center of the chair and focus on me for reward.
Don't know if that's the right way, but she got it and we'll try the "go around" from both directions using the ball, but not asking her to move it yet in any way.
I doubt if we would ever enter a trial for this, but it's something to do while it's cold outside, and she already thinks she's a superstar!
Don't know if that's the right way, but she got it and we'll try the "go around" from both directions using the ball, but not asking her to move it yet in any way.
I doubt if we would ever enter a trial for this, but it's something to do while it's cold outside, and she already thinks she's a superstar!
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France
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Dutchringgirl
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- Posts: 5692
- Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:05 pm
- Tell us about yourself: I am a mom of 6 life forces - 2 kids and 3 dogs 1 hamster. I live in Ct. I have trained Ringsport and Agility and have 2 DS, one 15 and 7 and a Basset Hound Cookie who is 2
- Location: Ct, USA
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alspyce wrote:she already thinks she's a superstar!
Lisa, Thalie CGC & Sadie, Cookie the Basset, CT