Working on heelwork but with a ball for his reward, and then working on his instant drop when asked.
Drop is a different cue to putting in my hand and would be used for things like if your dog got hold of a dead animal and you don't want to argue with them for it. It means just drop exactly where you are and I will reward you.
This video shows a combination of both heelwork reward with a toy and then getting his toy back by giving the drop cue, not bad for his first day introduction to drop.
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A little something me and echo worked on over the last month. Thinking about how I could further proof my basic positions other than turning around with my back to her I thought where next can I take this....
Sooo I recorded on voice notes me saying, sit, down and stand and over the month proceeded to work with her. Initially she looked confused as to why she heard my voice but my mouth wasn't moving but with the help of hand signals as a prompt to start we did it. I did play the sounds to fast initially so she began to guess, but when I slowed it down and allowed her to think, here are my results....
Aren't dogs impressive creatures?
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This lovely goldie came to.me from another trainer who said she had floor aversion and to just "flood" her with surfaces. Having been sent videos by the owner i could actually predict when she wud hit the floor, and it was everytime their was a surface change or something different on floor, such as a door frame or floor sticker. So initially we worked on this, then returned to shops where her body language wasn't fear now but more like she thought she was going to slip and was bracing herself (think when humans walk like penguins in ice) so lastly I showed her owners how to introduce some grippy socks/shoes to her and then next session we returned to shops and as you can see her demeanor is completely different, her body is upright and confident and she doesn't look like she's trying not to slip anymore.
Well done to these owners for not only seeking a 2nd opinion but for getting this lovely golden back on track to being a fab assistance dog in training.
NOTE:
I only got them to initially introduce to her front feet as ideally if back wasn't needed I didn't want to introduce so that she can still sweat through her back pads if needed. Luckily in this case it was all she needed.
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Funday...
A lovely video of isla having a go at a turn/curved corner in hoopers.
This was before I stepped in and got isla handler on the other side so she didn't have to run so far, I felt they were doing so well I didn't want to interrupt!
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Funday...
Lovely little video of sharkie simply learning a nice straight go on command, with me at the end with some treats straight on from him so that he targets the 2 hoops.
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FUNDAY
our morning section consisted in lots of variations of different dog sports including agility.
Instead of my poles we utilised these handy wooden ones already at the field. Weaving is fab for focus and allowing your dog to follow your own body language which we use to guide them through correctly (in out steps). It's also fab as they start understanding the process for back end awareness which alot of dogs just don't have!
Here's Mr finn showing us all how it's done.
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Part 2
Look at mister sharkie, confidently walking round with all those black labs. Initially we had only had 2 out at a time, echo with me and one with the other trainer, so when they all came out to wander he was a tad, woah that's alot of labs and hung back. Within less than 1 side of the field he was confident and his body language was completely up and flowing not showing any signs of being uncomfortable around them.
Previously as dogs got close he was barking and unable to refocus so this is absolutely super!
Well done to sharkie and his handler for persevering with the homework and getting him back to the stage of being happy again around those 'pesky' black labs 😉😆
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Medical alert training
This video was actually going to be showing you how I was training the cue I was going to link to Echos migraine alert.
What it actually captured (as I realised an hr later) was he trying to alert me to the migraine smell she had learnt.
Your notice she enthusiastically is nudging me when asked and then suddenly after sniffing my leg her body language changes and she starts trying to get my attention by getting up to my face (you can't see) she then tries to paw at me (your hear me say what's the matter as I notice the body language has changed) and her last resort was licking me before I rewarded her (incase it was her trying to get my attention).
An hr after this video I was in bed and couldn't stand noise or the light.
Even though it wasn't the video I had intended, it does clearly show the change in her body language and her need to try get my attention cos she recognised a smell she had previously been taught and rewarded for finding, but had not yet had it paired to the alert cue. This usually I what you get when a dog recognises the alert scent but they may be unsure of how to tell you or the cue may not have yet been added.
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"BACKPOCKET" TRAINING
This is a really good method for those dogs who have a habit of randomly shooting to the end of the lead when doing heelwork or just won't keep that lead loose once they've had their treat.
The idea being is by putting treats in your backpocket, and rewarding from that backpocket the dog naturally begins to hold back, as shown in video (only their first go at it after initially being shown how to do it).
We do the backpocket as when you start to remove the hand lure of 'look your treats here now' the dog naturally comes forward abit making them next to you instead, just means they've got leeway to do this, with this type of training.
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