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”You can also mix in loose leash walking with TONS of rewards – maybe on a head halter?” I’ve tried a head halter, but a double leash front clip harness seems to work better. With tons of rewards he still walks and stares at the leaves. I’ll post a video. The beginning of the walks are so frustrating. It’s like keeping hold of a bull, but by the end it becomes a walk in the park with him checking in with me.
”It is important to help him understand not to eat things… when he grabbed the mulch, was he in a stay and grabbed it, so was he in between reps?” I had tossed his toy over the last jump when he grabbed and ate some leaves with his toy. Then I was setting him back up to do it again, and he grabbed some mulch (my agility yard is all mulch) as 8 was turning him around. Not when he was on the stay.
“I know there are some good protocols out there, so I can research them.”. I’m trying to teach him ”Look at That” to use with leaves and plants, etc instead of the usual dogs and moving objects. The Relaxation Protocol is really helping with his relationship with Flurry, but we’ve just started. He was really tired tonight probably over tired, and I tried to have him settle at my feet with a short leash. He sat for a few minutes. The second I put him in his crate, he fell asleep! When I’m busy folding clothes or moving about he entertains himself, but when I’m sitting and trying to relax he is constantly moving about and getting into trouble.
Sorry, I know this isn’t part of the class, but I’m looking for solutions everywhere and needed to vent😯I know the things we’re doing in this class can help.
Thanks again.
Tricia
Hi!
Here are the cookie recalls outside. He was fine here on the gravel about not grabbing anything.
I had just done a couple of jump grids with jump bumps in the mulched area without his a Outfox on and just sitting at the jump he grabbed a mouthful of mulch! I’m not sure why I thought he was getting better. I keep telling myself that he’ll still have a nice life even if he has to wear the Outfox anytime he’s outside. I don’t take him for walks anymore outside my street because he grabs everything. I suppose I could walk him in his Outfox and just ignore the odd looks. I have a private with Pat Miller in two weeks to help me work on this.
Here is our 4th practice on backing up. The 3rd session was much better than this one, but it’s not recorded. If I don’t stand against the wall, he just walks straight through my legs😊
Thanks for all your feedback, it’s really helpful.
Hi,
Here are some exercises on IYC, collar grabs, self control, and toy races outside. I need to work on bringing his toy back to me. He retrieves in the hall so just need to expand things a little at a time.
We’re working on Karen Overall’s Relaxation Protocol. We’re on day two of 15. We can’t get through day two yet😯, but it’s only been 3 days. He’s a very busy boy. He’s only fallen asleep outside his crate twice!
I’m going to try the Look at That for the leaves etc. he’ll get rewarded for looking, but not eating. Can’t wait until we get to the IYC in motion.
Tricia
Hi,
Here’s the beginning of the motivated stay video where he was sticky. https://youtu.be/M-x0dWBVMK8
So, part of my issue with being outside … He is obsessed with putting EVERYTHING in his mouth. He was in the emergency vet for 3 days because of eating a poison mushroom. He eats leaves, acorns, sticks, pebbles, etc. I’ll try the toy races outside without his head net (Outfox) on and see what happens.
I like your idea about tossing treats when he’s on the way to grab the toy when we’re outside. Since he has to wear a net on his head, maybe I should always be carrying another toy with me to toss back at him instead of treats. I don’t have any grass. All I have is gravel and leaves. He’d have to sift through the leaves and gravel to find the treats and then will probably put them in his mouth:-)
I’ll work on challenging him more on the stays and change my mechanics and location of the toy races.
He really is a lovely very talented boy. The future is bright as long as I can keep him from eating up the outdoors.
Tricia
Resilience and Coping Skills
Different locations: indoors, outdoors, tight quarters, wide open spaces: Skye is similar to Voodoo. He is confident in most locations: looking forward, ears up, pulling me towards what interests him. I notice that he gets a little over stimulated when things are busy and lots of things are moving around, but on his second trip to the same situation, he is noticeably more relaxed and takes things in stride. He will offer sits or downs whenever he is in a new situation and I’m not allowing him to pull me in.
New people: When Skye meets new people he is confident, perky, and stimulated. He gets excited to see them and leans on them to get petted. He’ll also try and jump up. If he sees a lone person in the distance, he gets a little anxious, but tries to pull to see what it is or will sit and observe until he has it figured out.
New dogs: He loves new dogs and gets very stimulated by them. He’s confident and very interested in playing with them. He is good at reading body language, but loves to say hello and will play bow and run back and forth in a semi circle in front of them to get them to play.
Noises: Loud sudden noises cause him to be a little afraid and wants to leave. The noises that do this are mostly thunder or loud bangs in the environment. He’s not afraid of loud garbage trucks going by or the sounds in an indoor agility building during a trial.
Anything else: Dogs running get him stimulated, but he’ll sit and observe and assess the situation first before reacting. I have the feeling that he may get very stimulated by seeing other dogs running. He is stimulated by hearing dogs bark. I’ve seen him stop and stare at houses if there is a dog barking inside. He’ll sit there observing and assessing and 85% of the time makes the decision to move on on his own. Otherwise, I need to say “Let’s go!”, and he’ll readily come with me. He has just discovered birds flying in the air and will track their path when we’re walking. He doesn’t like to be contained. He’ll readily stay in his crate, but if he wants to go in another room, he’ll bang the door with his foot or open the door with his nose. He’ll pull down baby gates and doesn’t care that they fell over on him or made a noise.
Coping Activities: Skye loves to sniff everywhere and everything. He loves to chew on Bully sticks, but not on soft toys or Kongs. He does love to lick the frozen stuff out of the Kong though. He also loves to squeak his toys, especially AirKong balls. He loves to lean in on people to get petted, scratched, and rubbed. He’ll drape his body over mine while he’s chewing on his bully stick.
Hi,
This is was the second time I did the Other paw trick, but he does learn extremely quickly:-)
For the motivated stays, I’ve worked on all the levels previously so this video is of where we are with them now. He can get sticky and take a while to sit, but will speed up as the session goes on. I usually have him take a breath when he gets sticky so I have a thinking/thoughtful dog that is still motivated to work. He does just fine with it, gets unstuck, and still has drive to the toy or the stay.
Stays:https://youtu.be/Sa7KVZ9Va4k
I’ve also played the toy races with him before. Here is where we’re at. I forgot to play with the toy myself after I beat him to it (only because I pushed him back), but he was more motivated to get the toy afterwards. I do have an issue that may or may not be related. If Skye sees me go to pick up a toy in the yard (he’s sniffing somewhere else.) he’ll rush to get it before me, and he usually succeeds. What should I do about it? I doesn’t really play keep away, he just takes it and we continue on our walk around the property.
Toy races: https://youtu.be/dSkBd9_UFtI
Tricia
