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Okay, looking for alternatives then….would you leash him up and take him for a couple minute wander? Working time is pretty tight – so if it is his 10 minutes, I need to use all of it. Not really great spaces in the house, and temps are pretty prohibitive to do any sessions during the day. I have early morning and the 10 minutes before you can’t see anymore. He goes out on his own, the other dogs have separate training sessions to avoid the FOMO frustration.
Another question before we do another training session – since I really want to build a solid station behavior, that really has been why the breaks are so small. I’m trying to not get any failure there as I build that skill set. Would you just do a treat scatter while you reset, then go to station, then restart game? I worked really hard to develop a great station behavior on my last dog – but she is 5 now so memory is murky of how we got there. I love the skill and want to really build that in this dog. Alternatively I could crate or ex pen him in between but I find that actually makes self control go down. I do NOT want a barking dog or one that bites at the crate. And with 3 other dogs in the house, bringing him in and out isn’t really a great option – there will be escape……I’m not that good of a dog trainer;)
Here is this mornings session. Will work on position change with cone wrap. My concerns thoughts – more play between games? I tend to just change the game. Plus, he is and he isn’t toy motivated. He really like to chase/run to a tossed toy, but not as thrilled at driving into toys in hand – although he does understand the release and strike game. I think the biggest toy problem I have is he always wants to paw pounce them rather than getting a good grip.
Yes, I had tried to hit the underlined link to upload videos, that didn’t work. Seemed like the go to plan there.
Well, that’s what happens when you break up the video too much. And I sent the one not in this class:) https://youtu.be/rNZqrItdObk
