Our goal was to work our dogs in L1 behaviors within a highly distractive area. You will see Jan and Cathy starting very close together with Rooster. What the flip doesn't show is all of the people walking by; ALL of the dogs being walked closely by us, some off leash; pigeons flying in and out of the parking lot, just 50 feet from Rooster. This was a great session with Rooster.
Rooster had an interruption during his L1 Come Game; here Jan and Karen start the game again.
Since there were birds flying overhead, in and out of the parking lot, dogs and people walking by, bicyclers, skaters, cars, and new smells, we started our session with Doodling. Webster and Rooster USED to be quite reactive as soon as they saw each other. You will notice them both looking at each other and turning back to Cathy and me....LOOK AT THAT. I am working on building DURATION L1 SIT in public settings with Webster. When we have a solid L1 SIT for 30 or so seconds, we will add DISTANCE.
We all moved our cars to the other end of the parking lot due to the sun. We are now closer to the boats, water, bird and pigeon activity, so we started over again with getting our dog's attention before our training/coaching session started again.
This is SUCH good stuff! I love your descriptive narrative under each Flip.
ReplyDeleteIt explains so clearly what you are trying to accomplish. LOVED how you "start over again".
Karen, just a note that Sit with Duration and Distance is Sit Stay: Level Two. Level 1 Sit is to sit on a handsignal.
This is so great! Having Karen and Jan work Rooster ( trading dogs) is super! Loved how you dropped back to the beginning to start. I have to admit I got a chuckle out of all the pup pup pup stuff and stomping to get his attention, I LOVE how dog training takes away inhibitions and just lets us play! Moving the cars and working in close proximity to each other etc all good planning, good execution of the plan and it was delightful to hear how much fun you all seemed to be having. The ONLY thing wrong was I missed out! So jealous yet so very excited for you guys!!!!!!!!!!
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