Training Success?

I had a thought I meant to share earlier, about your training challenges with Roxy. I wonder if you both would enjoy Nosework classes. It is not about commanding your dog to do anything - they do their natural sniffing ability, and you are there to support and reward. It is SO much fun, our dogs love it. Even if you didn't want to compete (we don't) the classes are so good at building your relationship with your dog and it's something she could easily succeed (and even excel) at. If she is a foodie, she'd be great at it. Just a thought!
 
Sharon7 said:
I wonder if you both would enjoy Nosework classes.
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YES!!!!! We do Nosework our last class of every Rally session and Brodie LOVES it! It teaches them to work with their senses, really tires them out AND you can do it at home! It teaches them to use their nose but also gives them confidence to explore new things. Not at home, but in our class, brodie has been exposed and had to explore himself.... crutches, a wheelchair, an umbrella, tubes, big boxes, little boxes, flower pots, etc. Save your smaller delivery boxes, gather up some different sizes of flower pots. Get a REALLY good smelly treat and hide it, I think Margie here just hid treats throughout her family room not using boxes. We use the command 'FIND IT' (which works really well when I want him to find one of his Bully Buddies too - uses his nose!). You start our easy so they have a more instant reward and build up. Nosework is actually done with scents and all in classes, but can be done with treats at home.
 
Sharon7 said:
I had a thought I meant to share earlier, about your training challenges with Roxy. I wonder if you both would enjoy Nosework classes. It is not about commanding your dog to do anything - they do their natural sniffing ability, and you are there to support and reward. It is SO much fun, our dogs love it. Even if you didn't want to compete (we don't) the classes are so good at building your relationship with your dog and it's something she could easily succeed (and even excel) at. If she is a foodie, she'd be great at it. Just a thought!
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I have wondered about nosework with her. She’s always always always been super into everything with her nose. She is not, however, a foodie.

The nearby club that has those classes requires basic obedience which…. We don’t have.
 
Sandy in CT said:
YES!!!!! We do Nosework our last class of every Rally session and Brodie LOVES it! It teaches them to work with their senses, really tires them out AND you can do it at home! It teaches them to use their nose but also gives them confidence to explore new things. Not at home, but in our class, brodie has been exposed and had to explore himself.... crutches, a wheelchair, an umbrella, tubes, big boxes, little boxes, flower pots, etc. Save your smaller delivery boxes, gather up some different sizes of flower pots. Get a REALLY good smelly treat and hide it, I think Margie here just hid treats throughout her family room not using boxes. We use the command 'FIND IT' (which works really well when I want him to find one of his Bully Buddies too - uses his nose!). You start our easy so they have a more instant reward and build up. Nosework is actually done with scents and all in classes, but can be done with treats at home.
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I feel like it would be a lot like “where’s your toy? Go find it.” Which, I might have said before but just as easily might have just thought about saying it, is literally the only thing she will consistently do. She won’t even necessarily sit every time for a treat.

I like the idea of treats to have them, especially Piper being so young still, explore strange things they might encounter. The crutches. Umbrellas. A wheelchair but I don’t have one of those readily accessible. But I know what you mean. Unlike Roxy, Piper IS a foodie.

:razz: And she would rather do things for me for kibbles than bark at Roxy.
 
Hmmm, that's too bad about the classes - our instructor does not require anything like that. I kinda don't see the point - you do it one dog at a time, so there's not a worry about interacting with other dogs, and all they need to do is sniff and explore with you there to support and reward. Anyway, I thought it might be an option. Piper sounds like super puppy. :biggrin2:
 
Sharon7 said:
Hmmm, that's too bad about the classes - our instructor does not require anything like that. I kinda don't see the point - you do it one dog at a time, so there's not a worry about interacting with other dogs, and all they need to do is sniff and explore with you there to support and reward. Anyway, I thought it might be an option. Piper sounds like super puppy. :biggrin2:
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I just ordered a small nosework kit. I imagine I can read or watch some videos online about using it. We’ll give it a try.
 
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