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Maisey Member  Posts: 1387 |
posted 02-09-2004 10:48 PM
 
I took Witt with us to our regular flyball team practice. I brought a squirt bottle and worked on keeping him focussed on me and not what was going on everywhere else. If he lunged he got squirted. He still has no interest in treats while at flyball, he is just too interested in everything else. He did really well..I think I only squirted him threee times...he started watching me and he would peek around to my other side to see if the bottle was still in my hand...it was sort of funny watching him process the rules of the new "game". When practice was over we let him do some runs...he definately has the pattern down pat, but he fumbles the ball alot, he is not coordinated enough yet. He hits the box funny, we were all laughing, most of the dogs hit the box pretty darn hard, Witt pounces on it as if there is a mole in the hole, like a cat would do on a mouse. He is a character and a half. My flyball captain asked me not to quit classes with him, she thinks we can work on the lunging issue...she says I am expecting too much maturity from him and I should be more patient. So I will keep going to them and see what happens. IP: Logged |
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susan_cude@hotmail.com Member Posts: 813 |
posted 02-10-2004 12:20 AM
Sounds like it's going really well! I love reading the adventure! Susan IP: Logged |
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Jamiya Member Posts: 1392 |
posted 02-10-2004 06:39 AM
Good job! Sounds like you have things worked out for now. Nala and I were at agility last night. The instructor wanted us to let our dogs off leash for this exercise if we thought they would be okay. We were just chaining two obstacles - they went over a jump and then through a tunnel. So I would get Nala in a sit, tell her to wait, snap the leash off, then take her through the obstacles and put the leash back on. If she missed one, I called her back and she came and we tried again. It worked fine... Until the last time - just as I was taking her leash off, the dogs for the next class started coming through the door. That was it. She was off like lightning and would not listen to me and had no interest in treats. She started blazing from one end of the building to the other. I was so embarrassed! Finally the instructor reached out to grab her as she streaked by and Nala swerved into the chute. Fortunately, she is afraid to go through the chute unless someone holds the fabric up for her. I thought for a minute she was going to go through and then maybe not be afraid of it, but she balked and came back out - but then we had her. She IS only 9 months old, and it wasn't MY idea to take her off leash. LOL!
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Maisey Member Posts: 1387 |
posted 02-10-2004 10:00 AM
I am surprised that Witt does his run and comes back to me...I really expected with all the comotion and other dogs and people he would race right into the middle of it all and it would end in a spat with some dog, but he hasn't done that(yet). He has a bunch of little quirks that I need to work out, not big things, but they definately need to be worked on. Like he gets upset if you try to move him physically. When you are going to release them for a run you hold them straight in front of the line, he is always facing me and when I try to turn him he gets squirmy and upset. (Like in the truck when you try to scoot him over)It's worse if someone else tries to do it. I wish I understood why it upsets him...he has a clean bill of health, and I can't think of any experience, incident or habit that I or anyone else has had with him that would cause it. All the people on the Catahoula board and my team captain keep telling me I am expecting too much for his age, that catahoulas are slow to mature. Him not wanting treats at flyball sure throws a wrench into my training plans! I usually like to avoid things like squirting as a way to teach them something, I would rather find a way to make him understand and then have him comply because he wants to do it for me ..rather than because he doesn't want to get squirted. My argument for NOT using it was..what happens when the squirt bottle isn't in hand? But last night I realized that in the instant he hesitates thinking about the squirt, he is looking at me, I have his attention and can give the command to stay or re-enforce the sit. Watching his body language and knowig the dog I actually think he won't forget and will keep checking. We will see I guess. OH yeah..I saw someone do something last night with their dog..I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it was working for her. She has a BC that barks ALOT when she gets excited (nothing new at flyball!)but she used one of those small things of Binaca breath spray...she would tell the dog "quiet", and if she didn't listen she sprayed it in her mouth the next time she opened it to bark. It only took a couple times and she was quiet for the rest of practice. Some team members argued that the dogs barking is a way for them to get pumped up and should be allowed, I'm not sure what I think, but I know the noise level gets really loud with 15 dogs all barking! [This message has been edited by Maisey (edited 02-10-2004).] IP: Logged |
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susan_cude@hotmail.com Member Posts: 813 |
posted 02-10-2004 10:38 AM
Well one thing is for sure! that dog probably has the best breath out of all of them!! heheheh! Sounds like such fun!!! you and jamiya must be having a blast!!! Susan IP: Logged |
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honeybear Member Posts: 926 |
posted 02-10-2004 10:55 AM
Maisey you may wnat to try something like beef jerkey, it is the only thing I found to train with Wylie since she had no interest in any type of food snack, but this did the trick honeybear IP: Logged |
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Maisey Member Posts: 1387 |
posted 02-10-2004 11:05 AM
I tried a cheeseburger from Burgerville and he wasn't interested! He is usually a treat hound...just not at flyball. IP: Logged |
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honeybear Member Posts: 926 |
posted 02-10-2004 11:24 AM
I dont think Wylie would be good at flyball for that very reason. She would rather play frisbee than eat treats, but you have to play her way, but then again she is so obsessed with her frisbee maybe she would be good honeybear IP: Logged |
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Jamiya Member Posts: 1392 |
posted 02-10-2004 11:50 AM
Wylie could be a competitive frisbee dog! Nala has no inclination to catch anything in the air. My daughter and I tried to teach her to catch treats, but the only thing we succeeded in doing was wetting our pants after laughing so hard. Nala does not lose her desire for treats during agility (except when she was running free). In fact, that is the most I have ever seen her sitting and staring at me! She usually never does that. I need to work on her stays and recall so we can move on in agility. We can move up to the intermediate class next session, but they have to be reliable off-lead for the next class after that. And I discovered another problem. Not ever meaning to compete in obedience, I have always let Nala lie down during a stay if she wants to. She really doesn't like to sit for very long. Now I need to teach her to stay how I put her! They were telling us last night that most people put their dog in a sit at the start and walk down the course a bit before having the dog begin the course - helps get you out in front of them to direct them. Nala kept lying down. But I am also training her to stand, so I bet I could put her in a stand-stay. They also have to sit or lie down on the table for a count of 5, but I think she can sit for that long.
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