Awesome Training Session Tonight
With my busy day I didnt find time to train some very needy pooches. With Halloween Party planning, set up, cleanup etc, much meglected dogs indeed.
I worked Ice first on his new teeter criteria, he did very well. We then went over to bldg 2 and worked some contacts. Greg game me the most amazing food for thought. Since Ice has struggled so badly with his contacts, driving me to tears ALOT. I know he is a briallant dog and I know that what he thinks he is doing is infact correct in his mind. He has an awesome rear foot on the contacts but his criteria is running. Nothing changes the way he takes the bottom and I think i know why.
As I previously stated he knows rear foot well!!! Knows that his rear foot and the yellow contact make mom very happy somehow. He knows that regardless of how many stride regulators, hoops, guides and whatever else will ever keep him from his job. He doesnt know he isnt correct, he just thinks that we are trying to make his life harder to make criteria.
Greg and I were working Ices’ contacts last night around 10 or 11 and suddenly Greg say what if he IS doing it right. What if he thinks his job is to get the front feet on the ground (2o/2o). I thought for a moment and had to agree. That is exactly what he is doing. What he knows makes mom the happiest – 2.o 2/o SO… a light went off. I have to convince him that I want front feet only on this. Make the contact look different so he can open his mind to another options.
I took a towel and laid it on the gound and starting clicking front feet on the towel. he was very happy! Pounced several times with great enthusiasm. Then I put the folded towel on the down contact of the dog walk. He popped it several times, c/t/ yeah! A little speed… popped c/t/ yeah my baby. And he was doing it like “its about time you helped! Loved that work mode on the boy. He just needed me to speak his language. So, I will keep you posted.
