Done with basic training...now what?

[Mooshi's Mummy]

Thanks Ruth, I will look when Im at home, FB is banned at work.

 

[ruthcatrin]

No problem!

 

[Geisthexe]

I'll add you if you want, but I'll warn you, you'll hear more from me on here than on Facebook lol.

I'm the same way .. I was only kidding about FB .. Not that I wouldn't want to be anyone here's friend bc it would be a pleasure too.
I think the last thing I posted on FB was about my head concussion and damage to my eye that the hospital.
Anyway if ya wanna be FB friends feel free to add me Deb Vigil


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[Duetsche_Doggen]

Thanks Ruth, I will look when Im at home, FB is banned at work.

I wish they would ban it here at work, it would be hilarious to see everyone's reaction. :lol:

 

[Kujo]

I've been working on "focus" with Kujo, so far we've had very good results. I've been holding the treat (the real object of his focus lol) away from my body and then using the focus command, once he looks at me I give the treat. Once this is solid I'm going to try the focused heel. And then training sessions outside the dog park with all those distractions! It's a long road ahead, but I'm determined to have a well behaved dog

QUESTION: in the focus videos, you were using a treat that looked like a hand lotion, what was that!? Can I make it??

Oh, and I put the collar back on and almost instantly he started coughing, I'm not sure he gets that if he stops pulling he'll stop coughing, but we're working on it. I still use the harness for our dog park days, it also makes it much easier to get him out of the car, just grab the harness with one hand and his belly with the other hand! I'll definitely be having the bf make him a car step!


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[ruthcatrin]

It might be worth having the vet check his throat next time your in, if he's having that much trouble with it.

Maybe use the collar and harness together, with a coupler?

 

[Kujo]

Yeah, I was thinking about combining the harness and collar for now...we also have a "no pull" harness, supposedly it applies pressure in his arm pits when he pulls and supposed to stop the pull almost immediately. Tried it, I hate the design, but it sort of works, I'm really not sold on this one in particular but I know there's lots of designs to chose from. Anyone used one of the "no pull" harnesses and had success? My real goal here is to get the focused heel down (using a collar), then switch to a harness permanently, I'm sure I'll end up with a massive collection of leather and hemp and who knows what else!

 

[ruthcatrin]

Try the no-pull with the collar on a coupler and see how that works....