TerraNik Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathq Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Well done!!!!!!!!!! Just remember PATIENCE and baby steps rewarding every single one of them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Maybe so, but that was what I was taught at the time and it had been used successfully on Dobes by the person that taught me.Maybe their idea of a forced retrieve was different? That was also the way I was told to teach my girl. It did work up until now. My new plan is to reward any interest in the dumbell. Yesterday I had a bowl of chicken, clicker and the dumbell (& Jess of course :D) and we have now got some interest but she still is being a bit weird with it. We're back to; 'she'll take it from my hands but wont go near it on the ground' again :D Thanks all for the help :D It took a little while with my girl even with a big bowl of chicken and a clicker - remember baby steps. Sometimes 2 steps forward one step back. Also the more something is "taught" or reinforced the stronger it will be, so eventually she will have an extremely reliable retrieve even if it takes a while to get there. A couple of times my girl lost confiedence and we would go back to the start again, over time her confidence grew and she didn't need to go as far back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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