Just a hodge podge of various OB things we've been workin' on 🐊 🏃
🔷️ Creating faster lock-up on stand by stopping right away
🔷️ Integrating the front platform with his retrieves (his retrieve fronts are the worst!)
🔷️ Tighter pickup on flat retrieve
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Teaching fronts is hard
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My own dogs are also not really potty trained 🤫🤫🤫
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2 things I have learned from working with this dog:
1.) I love bloodhounds and want one 😍
2.) I desperately want Copper to love me and be my emotional support dog 🤗 (although he is terrible at it 😢)
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IGP 2 is finished!!
My hopes and dreams are to compete at a high level with this boy 🐊
We had a pretty dang good preparation for this trial, and I was extremely happy with the end result. Of course, we exposed some holes, and we have A LOT of work to do before we hit the big show, but I feel like the Croc-a-doodle and I are on the right track 🚀🚀🚀
Just simply GETTING to the big competitions is so hard in this sport 🤯
Not only do you have to complete the BH, IGP1, and IGP2, but you also have to:
- Keep your dog healthy
- Find the time to train and travel
- Spend time THINKING about and analyzing your training
- And a bazillion other unpredictable factors that pop up when you're training a canine!
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Croc-a-doodle's IGP2 protection from this weekend. 98 points. He was a little loosey-goosey at points in the obedience (wide blind, back transport), but looked very strong overall 💪💪💪
Judge Joel Monroe
Croc and I passed our IGP2 obedience today with score of 94. I was very happy with the Croc-a-doodle 🐊❤️
-6 points for mistake on jump
Judge Joel Monroe
The Emphatic Marker
💡💡 If you want your dog to focus on your face, whether it be for heeling, fronts, or some other behavior, it's incredibly important that you're not moving your reward hand BEFORE you mark.
♦️Many handlers KNOW this, but so few actually do it. It's such a common tendency that we as humans have. Maybe it's because movement or using our body comes more naturally than making a noise with our mouth.
♦️But, if you're moving your hand, throwing the ball, or making any type of movement AT THE SAME TIME that you mark, and that is how you typically reward, your dog WILL start looking for that movement INSTEAD of watching your face. Movement is a more dominant stimulus than sound for most dogs, especially when that movement involves a high value reward!
♦️Doing this may ALSO create more CONNECTION with you and your dog, which in turn may free them up even more and add more emotion to your heeling! Oftentimes, when a dog is just "heeling for the ball" and staring up at the armpit, they can lack expression, and you also lose the ability to communicate with your dog via facial expression, talking, etc.
♦️And lastly, remember, there's not one size fits all approach to dog training! This advice may not be helpful for you and your dog's issues. If your dog shows TOO MUCH emotion (leaking, hectic, etc.), then maybe you don't need to do this 😉
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Heading up to Klamath tomorrow for the stadium mock trial hosted by Club Hoot Hoot. One last protection session before leaving. Just trying to keep Croc in good protection fitness.
I don’t work him myself very often because we’re able to go train with the best training helper in all the land, Marko, about once a month. But, it’s been a while since he’s done protection, so I don’t want him to be out of shape for this weekend.
Protection fitness is a very specific type of strength/endurance. Running, strength training, and throwing the ball can definitely help, but there’s really no substitute for ACTUALLY barking, biting, fighting, etc.
I know if I take a lot of time off BJJ, even if I’m going to the gym, when I come back to train, I feel exhausted (my grip strength is very deteriorated). This is kind of like if you're just running your dog a lot, their bite strength will still deteriorate.
Vladi, the helper for the mock trial, will only be his 2nd helper he’s ever seen in his training career.
Let’s see how he does!!
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IGP 2 in 5 weeks! 😬
Just trying to keep this boy healthy so I can get to the competition. Nothing crazy I feel like I have to work on or fix. Just the usual stuff. The IGP 2 is by far the most annoying title to do. Several things you'll never have to do again, but that you need to teach for this level (walking stand, back transport to side transport).
Hopefully we can get through it and move on!
Crocie-poo and I are back from a productive 4-day trip to Klamath to train with @marko_koskensalo and @canemodog
We're going for our IGP 2 in September 🚀🚀🚀 Getting excited!!🔥🔥
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Just a long ass video of our OB session from this morning.
Courtesy of Mr Pivo 📹
Once a behavior is established, it's important to mix in elements of "trial picture" to all your exercises (something I'm not always good at).
For example: Waiting 3 seconds before you praise or reward after a finish. I tend to reward very quickly because I wanted animation, so this is something I have to remind myself to do every once in a while 😉
