![]() This works best just before his dinner time! Another time I might "kill for a red bone" and have one duly presented to me. ![]() I say something like "gee, I would give anything for a frog right now", which if he is paying attention results in him bringing me his plush froggy. I take training tips wherever I find them, and I am very fond of Chuck Eisenmann's methods, although I could never approach his ability, but I do like to "converse" with my dog and let him find the meaning in my conversation, e.g. My horses will gradually get sloppy until I wake up and say "hey, you know better than that!" I smiled at your last comment….yes, behavior are dynamic, worse definitely happens when we don't pay attention. Haven't done Crate Games, but my command is "kennel", which means go in there and stay until told otherwise. ![]() (And I've been a bit slack with that, as you know, behavior are dynamic and get better or get worse.) And then combine the Crate Games with the reorient out of the crate as covered in CU. She loves the mat did Crate Games with Zest, so she does not need the verbal cue to not dash out of her crate, but needs a cue to exit her crate. I think it would be easy to train her to do 50feet (or more) run to mat if I was inclined. The conformation people (not just basenji people) were easily impressed by me being able to send my basenji to her mat from just 10ft away. (there wasn't enough room for me to go beside her with the poles in the hallway) For some reason people are really impressed with this. A 6 pole set in the hallway in winter with me and the food dish at one end of the hall and the mat at the other. That's pretty much how I taught Z to weave. It's nice b/c you can then send your dog to a mat from anywhere. You can even shape how calm/relaxed the dog is as shown in this video: I use a down as my default behavior as this golden is, even though the protocol has "sit". It's actually covered in the CU book in conjunction with the Relaxation Protocol. Would come in handy to bring the mat with us to the kitchen, friends house, etc. Is there a youtube video for this anywhere? I'll have to look. I find that one of the simplest commands to teach a dog, just because you can practice that all day, with allmost interesting variations… I like the idea of using a mat. And once he get's it, start giving the command from a distance and slowly increase that distance. You can use that exercise for so many things. If you unleash him, let him stay before he can run off to have fun. Throw them away and let him wait before letting him going after them. In the yard, in the house, on walks… If he likes toys, also use those. Put the bowl a bit further each time and after a while, when he gets what he is supposed to do, start doing it with treats wherever you are. Just let him sit, and put his food bowl a bit in front of him and let him wait a couple of seconds. Staying in one spot is staying in that spot, don't think you need to make a different in going away or comming back. ![]() That can be when I'm then standing next to him again, or when I'm 20meters away from him. I have one command for that (wait + handsignal) and he can move again when I say the word 'OK' (I say that pretty much for to end every command I have given him). I don't make a difference between staying till I say he can move again and staying till I'm back with him.
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