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  • in reply to: Nick and Pepper #5740
    Stefanie Theis
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    SO glad you have you guys back!

    in reply to: Khamsin & Badger & Mochi #5716
    Stefanie Theis
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    Khamsin, Welcome! I’m so glad you are here!!

    in reply to: Louise and Piper #5592
    Stefanie Theis
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    Yes you can edit your agility run video to use that performance of any agility obstacles to count towards your tricks

    in reply to: Louise and Piper #5390
    Stefanie Theis
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    I find the most important part of take it, is finding an object your dog already wants to put in their mouth and giving it a cue. I struggled with one of my dogs to find that magic thing. I ended up putting a little food in a sock and built value for a sock, now we can play without food in it. You might have to get really creative, maybe its the cardboard tube from a paper towel roll, or piece of scrap fabric, or even a favorite bone, anything can be used to start to build an understanding of the behavior we are asking for.

    in reply to: Jody (Nick) and Pepper #5327
    Stefanie Theis
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    Perfect! Great job!!! Looks like they are both having fun!!

    in reply to: Jody (Nick) and Pepper #5135
    Stefanie Theis
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    That is great work on putting the chin in the hand!! Awesome job!! The only thing I would suggest that will help with even more duration is to continue to bring the reward to the dog while the chin is still in the hand. Sometimes it helps to tuck a few treats in the hand and just dispense one and a time through the fingers, that way you can get a treat in quickly while her head is still in the hand, hope that makes sense. But super work!!

    in reply to: Louise and Piper #5134
    Stefanie Theis
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    That is great! Definitely looks like Piper enjoys this trick. That is all there really is to this Novice trick, as this is actually just a foundation trick for the sport of Treibball. Something that is fun to do out in the yard.

    in reply to: Louise and Piper #4987
    Stefanie Theis
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    For soccer, that looks good. If you want to really test her understanding of it, you can put her across in the room in stay, place the ball out and give her a command to come knock with her nose and she if she can do that.

    Great start with head down, definitely keep working it, you are on the right track.

    in reply to: Martina and Bingley #4925
    Stefanie Theis
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    Fetch is awesome! great job!!! I think it is good to have both a verbal marker and the clicker, because we don’t always have the clicker. So build an understanding for both, that will help you as you go forward.

    Unroll a blanket was great! good job!

    For nose touch, I’m glad you found something that worked for you, there are so many ways to teach each of these tricks, so experimenting is always important. I think what she’s offering is looking good. It might help to get those rewards to her sooner and make a bigger deal when she gives you just a little bit long of duration. Great work!

    in reply to: Abby and Zane #4923
    Stefanie Theis
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    Great job with the blanket, keep working on building value for continuing to roll the blanket on her own by leaving the cookies in at the very end for a few more reps.

    For hand touch, you are on the right track. With duration tricks like this it is important to set clear criteria for rewards and yes when we re-watch our videos we often see missed opportunities, that is part of the process we go through as trainers. As long we are also learning along with the dogs, we all make progress.

    in reply to: Melissa and Dingo #4804
    Stefanie Theis
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    For week 1, that is great progress for dog that doesn’t like toys. I’ve been through it, it is a lot of work, but totally worth it. Don’t be afraid to try new things to see if anything sparks just a little more interest, and think outside of the box. I used socks with a dog, but things like empty paper towel rolls, scraps a fleece, a plastic spoon….anything that she might find more fun can help. Just something to think about.

    Nose touch work looks great, you can see the improvements in just that session more work like that and you’ll have it!

    She really likes the unroll game, as many do. I think it’s a fun one to keep in rotation to keep them up if that’s needed. Good work!!

    And yay for working with cat distractions!!!

    in reply to: Jody (Nick) and Pepper #4715
    Stefanie Theis
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    I think your video is great of her doing two toys! Awesome work!! And for her to be doing it far away. Great work!!

    in reply to: Louise and Piper #4678
    Stefanie Theis
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    Great job! I love in the 2nd video that you were patient enough to let Piper think through it and get the reward herself by completing the task.

    in reply to: Jody (Nick) and Pepper #4667
    Stefanie Theis
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    One thing you can try it to continue to playing with the hand over the basket, but slowly move the hand further and further back toward, so she can no longer reach it but can still see it. Be quick not to let the toy actually make contact with your hand anymore.

    If that doesn’t work let me know, I have a few other ideas, but I might need to bust out a video camera to demo 🙂

    in reply to: Jody (Nick) and Pepper #4665
    Stefanie Theis
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    Try a few turns with putting your hand in/over the basket and not letting the toy stay in your hand but actually fall into the basket, so she hears the sound of the toy hitting the bottom of the basket. Make sure to give her any verbal praise after the toy hits the bottom of the basket, so she associates the toy hitting the basket with the praise/reward. Try this for a couple turns and then try without the hand again.

    If this description doesn’t help, I’m happy to make a demo video for you.

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