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Oh cool thanks Mrs D Stella, so you use the same signal for sit and stand from drop, just with different hands?

What do you use for sit from drop? Something that is almost opposite as the dor signal? How long is the time period that they are dropped to when they have to sit?

Excellent, good luck

Thanks Mrs D, thats great Tried him with the signal for drop that you suggested, and no confusion which is great too I think cos it is a smiliar action to the drop in heeling signal

I think I know what you mean! What other major commands need hand signals, other than drop, stay and recall?

Mine is about $2.50 per day each, meat vegies necks and offal

Oh ok, can you use whistles in trialling though? (hey I'm thinking positively like they will ever get to trials )

Yeah thats what I was worried about I'm gonna need some more arms for signals soon! Are there any other main ones needed for higher levels of obedience so I don't use them for tricks and stuff myself up?

Good idea My problem atm is that with their trick training I taught them wave so a "stop sign" type signal gets confused with a wave! lol but arm straight up would be better I'm sure

How is it going Jaybeece? Looking forward to your app tomorrow? Make sure you let us know

Just wondering what you use for drop on recall, and if you use the same signal as change of position?

I think Sunday twilights would be fun - I'd be in for sure with my brats!

Thanks! I'm feeling really positive with this, I did some short training (trick training) with them earlier, and they were more responsive than they have been in ages which was interesting I will pm you and bump this thread when my 2 weeks is up ;) Thanks again Bel

QUESTION 1 How long will it take til the dogs love us again? Eddie is in his beanbag, and staring out the window, he has cracked it big time ;) And Molly juts keeps giving us hurt sooky looks :rolleyes: BUT I AM STRONG! I can do this

Thanks Erny, I will give it a go, it will be as good for me as it will for Eddie I'm sure!

There is no such thing!! Eddie and Molly had a ball and did pretty well except Molly's blonde moment in her first run

He jumps up at me on occasion, not all the time, its something i am working on with him, we have been working on some dominance issues, after he decided he would pee on my leg somemonths ago, somthing e hasn't done since and we now ake him get down then we tell him,make him wait when we go through doorways etc He doesn't really nudge push etc but he will always want to snuggle up and push into us when we are on the couch etc, but if i tell him to get down he normally does, if not i make him get down no exceptions When i get home they are excited, and run aroud try to jump sometimes, never more than once as it gets ignored, and then he will return to me and sit and wait for a pat They sleep in crates in the bthroom next to or bedroom (convenient for room to put 2 crates) and are allowed out and on the bed only after 6am, never before When at rest during the day when I am home he either sleeps on the back door mat, the futon behind me when I m on the computer or in his beanbag on the floor in the lounge room General obedience, I mainly train him, they tend to respond to me 90% of the time, and in comparison to OH - he ignore him alot of the time but will listen to me tell them the same thing in the same situation He doesn't push against me while heeling but occasionally sits on my foot, though more when its wet Sorry if some of my words are spelt wrong I'm using suz's laptop and the keyboard is too hard :rolf: If he gets told off he sulks and drops - don't know if this is relevant too

We went down to lure coursing today which was fantastic, and afterwards I tested out Eddie in a few different situations, all with him tethered Me working with Molly, results in pulling and screaming Friend working with Molly and me out of site, Eddie pulling screaming but not at Molly, he is looking for me Friend working with Molly, me close to Molly, Eddie is screaming and pulling Friend working with Molly, me a few metres from Eddie screaming and pulling trying to get to me Friend working with Molly, me with Eddie, he is jumping all over me and not noticing Molly Friend is Suz aka Stalker!!! Thanks chick Did I miss a scenario? I really initially though it was him wanting to be with Molly, but after today I think it's me

I was proud, (I have no idea why) for about 5 minutes til I realised how crap it is! I'd now prefer a girly boy!!!!

Yeah I give him the rawhide before he sooks, when he is put in the crate I will never respond to him when he's sooking I will update once i have figured out his trigger, thanks so much for helping

Oh and if Molly isn't there he still sooks and carried on, but not to the extent that he does if she is there Also at home now he is fine in his crate while I train her, he starts little sooks but a rawhide bones can distract him, have been building him up again (they both now sleep in their crates too, he sooks from about 5.30 am in the morning to get out but is NEVER let out before 6am and he is starting to figure this out) If we are out, the rawhide does absolutely nothing, have thought about trying peanut butter kong or soemthing but generally when he is that upset, he refuses food full stop (which is strange for my food obsessed dog!)

Ed and Molly are both 1 year old - they are 1 day apart in age We got Eddie when he was 8 weeks old, and have been training him since day 1 We got Molly when she was 8 months old and have trained her since that day With heirachy, Molly is always the one to instigate play, eddie oretty much lets her do whatever she wants until she pushes him to the edge (ie she will jump on him when he is asleep) He will wait for her to walk away from food, and he will not steal food from her, yet she will steal food from him and he lets her When they play she will hang off him and he does not make a sound, if he cracks it eventually and hangs off her she yelps and he stops I feel mixed but I think she is possibly the dominant one though eddie often controls the situation Will try the above scenarios over the weekend as the only things we have tried are Eddie tied/crated while I am with Molly and he goes nuts, or Eddie with OH or friend and he pulls if we are near but forgets about us if we are further away When we first got Molly, I could tie him and he would sleep it is only recently that he has started this We also recently got him the desexing implant, so wondering if his changed hormones have made him sookier We don't often take them anywhere seperately, though I have done some freestyle classes with Molly only and he stays home wth OH who takes him for a walk as he sits by the window otherwise

Yeah alot of the staffs that I know who get rashes it is from the grass, and freshly mown lawns, poor delicate flowers

Ah ok! They are better than the plain ones but not good enough! lol I use those collars and treats as they just don't react to correction :D But I'm a fan of treat training! And my two will do anything for the smallest treat

Is your martingale all fabric or leather? We have a fabric and chain one so still has the harsh correction sound to it from the chain, and though it doesn't stop them the noise is just a little more effective