tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36787253.post3280716728817102961..comments2008-08-21T06:07:04.250-04:00Johann The Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676712437788270947noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36787253.post-42147189679750187762008-08-21T01:55:00.000-04:002008-08-21T01:55:00.000-04:00

Jojo, we have HOA police too! Fun to bark at although Mom doesn't like them much.

pogonipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36787253.post-7060494912543634682008-08-19T16:39:34.634-04:002008-08-19T16:39:34.634-04:00

LucyandWalter...understood, we need to practice more too. I'd love for Rachel S. to present something for dogwalks too. Maybe soon?<BR/><BR/>Pogonip...can you believe that this is the only type of fence allowed in our development? This height, this exact spacing between pickets, etc. HOA folks actually came and measured the space between my pickets to make sure we were in compliance, sheesh!!!<BR

Johann The Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676712437788270947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36787253.post-30854361877626790002008-08-19T07:14:00.000-04:002008-08-19T07:14:00.000-04:00

Hi Johann!<BR/>We think the mouse pad idea is great - I want to learn a running contact too (so far I can do 2o2o but mom is lazy at making me stop there until she releases me so it ends up being half 2o2o and half running - not clear for me at all!) We loved your video! Thanks as always for sharing your training ideas with us!

Ricky the Sheltiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18052668808100244423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36787253.post-35069271675418396772008-08-19T02:17:00.000-04:002008-08-19T02:17:00.000-04:00

My mom and I are working on touching a target too. Mom says she loves your picket fence--I don't get why humans like fences; they make it so hard to go play with friends. woofs, Kharma

pogoniphttp://pogonipnv.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36787253.post-36289758677039650732008-08-18T20:54:00.000-04:002008-08-18T20:54:00.000-04:00

I will be interested to follow your progress with this. I recently started Rachel Sanders' pvc box method with the frame for one of my dogs but we haven't gotten very far with it yet. (Still on step 1/2 of the flatwork.) Might help if I actually practiced it more than just once in a while. lol!

LucyandWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05551047401085562752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36787253.post-68679104305183979562008-08-18T20:35:39.339-04:002008-08-18T20:35:39.339-04:00

Hey Kathy, great to hear from you! Great thoughts and ideas, thanks.<BR/><BR/>We're still in the early stages. I'm ok with doing that with Johann (throwing the reward and getting him to move from the start), did some of that from the beginning, it's just not in this video. And we're throwing the reward only in the next stages. I want both of them to know exactly what the criteria is before they

Johann The Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676712437788270947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36787253.post-51175454670642324672008-08-18T19:39:00.000-04:002008-08-18T19:39:00.000-04:00

Try tossing the reward out ahead of the dog after the feet touch the mouse pad. You eventually want the dog to "touch and go"--to continue straight ahead, so you want to build that foundation from the start, even in early shaping sessions. The reward shouldn't be given from your hand, and the dog shouldn't be touching the target, changing direction, and coming to you for a reward. If I have time

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13545617827996043666noreply@blogger.com