RubyStar

My story is kind of similar. I have an almost 2 year old Labrador girl who I've had since a pup, and recently adopted a rescue Labrador girl approx. 2 years of age as well. They get on like a house on fire! Play together, occasionally lay together, eat together and inspect each others bowls for leftovers once the other has finished! So no aggression when it comes to food. Only thing is the rescue girl is very posessive and pushes my other girl out the way if she is getting any human contact! But the other girl seems to let her I try to combat this by giving the possessive girl no attention when she pushes the other away, but still early days to tell if this is gonna work or not. Had no real issues with them so far apart from that!

Drumbeat, do you have the Perth details? It might be something I might consider trying

Glad it helped And yes, that is Millie! I recognised the name Rosie and thought it might be you! Rosie's a gorgeous thing, takes treats so gently from your hand, loved it! As opposed to my treat snatching labs

"Good" or "yes" or whatever short word you choose, is your marker word for the dog getting the exercise right, and if you food reward, they expect the food reward right after the marker word. Your release command of "ok" is different to the marker word, and you'd use this when the exercise is completely over. In your step backward/sit/reward scenario, I would just keep using the marker word/treat and forget the release command, as you're not actually releasing her from anything yet, she is still performing the exercises for you on a small repeat. I use a release word when the exercise is completely over and they can relax for a minute, or as their cue to eat or cue to move if for eg, sitting waiting to come through a door. I hope that makes sense? I'm sure others will have some better advice but hope it helps somewhat. As an aside, do you attend obedience training in Perth?

It looks like a doggy straight jacket!

On the regular news? Was it a special segment for the regular news or are we talking a different news that regularly reports on doggy trials? Regardless, that is great news, congrats! I'm just very curious is all!

Thanks ness! I'm guessing this is the next step after luring them to start with though?

She knows "bed" and I can send her to lay on there no troubles. She knows a little bit of targeting with her nose on a target or on my hand, but I haven't kept up with the target training with something on the ground for her nose (or feet) to touch. I think I need to try my luck with the real enthusiastic game approach, as without it she is a bit flat ;) She loves it kept exciting and fun so I should hopefully get best results that way! That is funny about your dog going on the "are you ready?" :rolleyes: Thanks for the tips

Thanks for the link to the video! Was the constructive criticism of the video done in a thread that the rest of us wanting to teach send away could benefit from reading? Thanks Kavik as well for the clarification on box/cones in UD and UDX :rolleyes:

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Thanks for the replies and the ideas on how to make a box! So basically we want to work backwards from the box? Standing next to it, encourage her inside, and slowly over time increase the distance we start away from the box before asking her to go in? I can't see her running to it with enthusiasm though, is there anything we can do to help this along? Is send away asked for before UDX? Is there any difference or reasoning behind teaching with a hula hoop and cones over a box made from pipe? Which is used in trials, a solid box or 4 cones?

This sounds like lots of fun! I'd love to take part in this, and I know my Ruby would love it too as she works so well when I'm allowed to encourage her with lots of "good girls", you can see she really really enjoys it when I am allowed to talk to her!

Hi all, I've done a search of the forum but I am having trouble returning some relevant results so please forgive me if I have duplicated previous threads! I would like to teach my 22 month old Labrador Retriever the send away for obedience, but not quite sure how to do this. I messed around a bit yesterday at a school oval by having her watch me place a treat a few metres from her then releasing her to go and get it, but not sure if this is the correct method to start training this. So is there anyone who can please give me some step by step instructions on how to teach this effectively, ultimately having them sitting in the square? (which I realise will probably need to be taught much later after we nail the first part but good to be prepared!) I'm not even sure if there is a common command used for this exercise and I don't want to start using one of my own if I am gonna sound like a right moron yelling it in the ring So tips on used commands would also be helpful! I did a YouTube search for videos of people teaching the send away, but didn't get too lucky. So if anyone knows of any videos that demonstrates how to teach this with a dog that doesn't yet know it properly that would be Thanks to anyone who can help!!

Congrats on the 2nd pass! I can't imagine the day me getting my first, let alone 2nd pass! Seems a long way off! Way to go!

Stupid question time, what is it?

Congrats!

That is awesome! Would that mean that there would be more classes available if it's a recognised sport with titles? As I'd love to learn this with my girls but haven't found any classes near me. Though there is a one off class here in Perth in December to raise money, but one class isn't gonna be enough!

Yes thanks for the link! I've actually seen that site before and was planning on using it for scent discrimination then forgot I had it bookmarked! I know there is usually many ways to teach something, so I guess my question is, do the methods on that site for scent discrimination follow what a lot of you here do? I want to be sure I'm teaching it correctly from the start and not making it unnecessarily difficult for me and the dog!

This one gives me goosebumps every time I watch it! It's more than an obedience video, it's a story with inspiration

Do you know how much they charge for postage? I'd like to get the scent discrimination set as well! Ta. My postage was $7 (I ordered two small items) Thanks!

Ruby is right-pawed, I am picturing her recalling while she's playing at the park and she always about turns to her right to come back. I can't judge by the shake, cos I've taught her to shake with the right and high-five with the left

As already mentioned, we're yet to enter our first CCD trial, but in the meantime I have been teaching Ruby a few small extra things like retrieving, change of position and drop on recall. I'd love to teach her more exercises up to UD level, like scent discrimination, but haven't the foggiest how to teach some of these things! (first time I've trained a dog). I think I'll probably be hunting around for old threads and the net on some tips as it seems teaching as many exercises as you can upfront is the way to go?

Excellent, thankyou very much!!

It's controlled fun!

I was wondering if there is a set type/size dumbell used in obedience trials? I do realise that different sized dogs will need different sized ones, but is there a set size for say a Labrador Retriever (which just happens to be the breed my girl is ) and is there a rule stating what it has to be made of? I have one made of hard plastic and was thinking of getting a wood one so she can get used to retrieving dumbells of different textures, but if I know if there is a set type used in trials I will be sure to get that to practice with! Thanks