Today's training went very well. Danni has pretty low prey drive, so we're trying to really get her going with a flirt pole. We made our own today and I will be doing it with her daily for a few weeks. The goal is to get her barking for the tug, and not at the helper/holder of the pole. She's always concerned with what the helper is doing and it gives her teeeeerrrrrible targeting. Right now we want her barking to make the tug move when I say "revier" so we can eventually establish it into a nice bark and hold in the blind for the helper. This tug work has already taught her to hold on tight to the tug (or whatever she is biting) and will transfer to the sleeve, it will build her drive for toys to use in obedience, and so much more. I'm really excited about it. Now I just need to get out and DO IT.
Obedience was also nice. We used the ecollar for the first time today and she responded really well to it. She was lagging a little when it got stressful but there were a good amount of times she had really nice obedience. She doesn't respect me with just a pinch collar (or any other collar) because she's a hard dog and my corrections aren't strong enough for her. She just brushes me off. I am learning to use my hands and the ecollar in my training to really get to her. I know it sounds kinda mean, but I really need to hurt her feelings, so to speak, to get her to pay attention.
It was a stressful day for her. She isn't used to having any correction she actually has (or wants) to listen to. But there was a lot of learning involved.
She was crated to relax when we got home and is now happily chewing away at a beef marrow bone. I'm going to my parent's for dinner so when I get back we'll have a fun fetch game and continue training tomorrow.
No tracking today, because I felt she had had enough training for the day. I'll likely get up early tomorrow and do some.
Tata for now :)
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