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Have a look at some of these links on youtube. Hopefully you will never have to use them, but you never know with puppies

Try putting a bit of grated cheese over his food, just until he gets into the swing of eating the way you would expect him to. It works a treat

Obviously we will be receiving a discount on our memberships for the lack of access to a service we pay for in our membership fees. :shakehead:

I was thinking the same thing. Is it possible that you keep moving your hand?

Many years ago, I can remember an early instrutor lamenting the fact that most people in obedience don't know how to walk a straight line. She use to do a chalk line for us. We were then blind folded and made to walk it. It is amazing how crocked most of us were. It was a good exercise. It taught us not to be constantly pushing (or pulling) our dogs out of the way.

Highly recommend BDAG. Have been a member for about 4 years now. Instructors are fantastic, and the classes are fun. Something for everyone Karen (and Beau) P.S. Hi Wendy

Thanks dogsforall He sounds just the ticket I really wanted someone who works on Greyhounds. I am near Bannockburn so Lal Lal would be good.

Can anybody reccommend a good chiropractor. The closer to Geelong the better. Even better one who specializes in running dogs

My old boy Max was terrified of the clicker. I couldn't use it around him at all. I got to the point where if he heard it he would run away. It took me ages to click (pardon the pun), that the clicker made a very similar sound to the nail clippers.

Beau was one of the low drive dogs. They were all very differnt in their individual issues, so I can only speak for my dog. He plays well at home. Loves his toys etc.... but we have never been able to harness this playful attitude at training. He is confident on all the equipment. He enjoys coming along to class, and is great to see him work when he is happy. He picks up the idea of everything very quickly, but shuts down very quickly. Has been known to put the brakes on and not work if he has had enough. All I ever get at training is an indifference to the variety of toys I rotate. Very frustrating when everyone elses dogs are tossing around tugs and balls like the life of the party, and Beau is looking a the toy he just dropped on the ground, like it had cooties (sp) :rolleyes: . He works well for food though. Often too well. He is extremely quick at working out when and where food is involved. On Sunday, after spending an hour listening to the lecture, we were instructed to go out an make our dogs giggle. Beau was so excited to see me he "giggled" tossed that toy around like a young pup, and then just shut down on the toy thing. We then got him going on again on hide and seek with food, and the two handed tossing the food game. Gina said (correct me if I get it wrong), food is not the solution, it is just a motivational tool. I also had to work a little away from everyone else, just to give Beau a wider comfort zone. What I need to do for Beau is to harness that initial outburst of enthusiasum, and then build on it over time, by removing Beau from my presence. No more standing around together while we wait our turn on the gear. Beau will go back to his crate in between his turns. Sounds simple, and nothing that we hadn't already realized at training, but it has never actually occured to me to simply crate him. For me I need to learn to slow down and have confidence in his ability to look for me, and work at my speed, instead of me trying to work at his. Gina also commented on how mean we all were at handing over the food during training. She said use lots of it and keep it coming. Forgot to add, when greating Beau, instead of opening myself up to him, I have to get down and make myself small

I was there today. Great day, learnt heaps. Thanks for suggesting it Helen