romeosangiovese
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Wow! I'm so happy for everyone!! I'm reading about all of your progress made and it's just terrific!
k9kreationz, I didn't know dogs liked targeting more! Could explain why Romeo would come to me when I ask him to target my hand instead of responding when I call him to "come"! I've taken down some notes from your posts on your class already!
Gingers Mom, I can't remember where it was that I read it but this book said that we should try to keep our attention on our dog even when we're waiting in line or listening to the trainer explain stuff. Before I read this, I would ignore Romeo completely and he'd get angsty and bark. After reading this advice, I would just do random commands while waiting or listening to the trainer - sits, downs, waves, etc. It does seem unfair to expect our dogs to listen to us whenever we want them to, then totally ignore them for awhile.
Katherine, it sounds like Snap is doing great!! Being able to work with distractions around and being able to do damage control easily when he loses focus! I'm sure Snap won't need CU all his life! Once he's conditioned to the CU techniques and the response to triggers is drilled into him (becomes a habit), you can probably breathe a little easier!
I was away for about a week and a half and had to pass the reins on to my dad who walked Romeo while I was away. I had to teach my dad how to pass other dogs while on walks!! About a week before leaving tho', I tried this thing that I read in the book. It was a short line, and easily missed, but it REALLY WORKS! It's hard for me to keep Romeo under threshold when we're on walks because the roads are narrow and some of these people that pass me let their dogs stretch the flexi lead until they are spitting distance from us. Romeo usually barks at dogs when he sees them from far and even when I rapid fire treats into his mouth (I hold a stick of baked liver treats in each hand and let him rip small bites off alternate hands). I took CU's advice about using something like peanut butter to gum up his mouth and that totally helped! I'd squirt a continuous stream of the gooey stuff into his mouth as the other dogs walk by. He couldn't bark with peanut butter stuck on the roof of his mouth! It was quite funny actually. I'm sure I giggled at some point at our breakthrough. I've used cream cheese also with the same effect. I'm looking for a reusable tube like that for toothpaste tho' coz I'm using a little homemade pastry bag (for cake decorating) now. I'm sure I get weird looks from people.
I'm hearing great things about go to mat. We will work more on that.
k9kreationz, I didn't know dogs liked targeting more! Could explain why Romeo would come to me when I ask him to target my hand instead of responding when I call him to "come"! I've taken down some notes from your posts on your class already!
Gingers Mom, I can't remember where it was that I read it but this book said that we should try to keep our attention on our dog even when we're waiting in line or listening to the trainer explain stuff. Before I read this, I would ignore Romeo completely and he'd get angsty and bark. After reading this advice, I would just do random commands while waiting or listening to the trainer - sits, downs, waves, etc. It does seem unfair to expect our dogs to listen to us whenever we want them to, then totally ignore them for awhile.
Katherine, it sounds like Snap is doing great!! Being able to work with distractions around and being able to do damage control easily when he loses focus! I'm sure Snap won't need CU all his life! Once he's conditioned to the CU techniques and the response to triggers is drilled into him (becomes a habit), you can probably breathe a little easier!
I was away for about a week and a half and had to pass the reins on to my dad who walked Romeo while I was away. I had to teach my dad how to pass other dogs while on walks!! About a week before leaving tho', I tried this thing that I read in the book. It was a short line, and easily missed, but it REALLY WORKS! It's hard for me to keep Romeo under threshold when we're on walks because the roads are narrow and some of these people that pass me let their dogs stretch the flexi lead until they are spitting distance from us. Romeo usually barks at dogs when he sees them from far and even when I rapid fire treats into his mouth (I hold a stick of baked liver treats in each hand and let him rip small bites off alternate hands). I took CU's advice about using something like peanut butter to gum up his mouth and that totally helped! I'd squirt a continuous stream of the gooey stuff into his mouth as the other dogs walk by. He couldn't bark with peanut butter stuck on the roof of his mouth! It was quite funny actually. I'm sure I giggled at some point at our breakthrough. I've used cream cheese also with the same effect. I'm looking for a reusable tube like that for toothpaste tho' coz I'm using a little homemade pastry bag (for cake decorating) now. I'm sure I get weird looks from people.
I'm hearing great things about go to mat. We will work more on that.
), so I highly recommend it. It's quite fatty, but you really need just a bit as a reward. Spyker goes nuts over this stuff, but he's a fast food junkie 