She's also still enjoying her training...although 'stay' has definitely been the hardest command so far!! She managed it a few times in the class but something that involves staying still was never going to be Little Miss Inko's best training performance!! Having said that she actually did some VERY good stays this evening...possibly aided by the lack of distractions here at home! So there's hope yet!
Here's a few new photos of the hooligan!
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"Yes, this is still my favourite bush in the garden!!".JPG)
Inko caught mid-woof!!.JPG)
"Ok, I'm sitting...can I have the bit of chicken now?
Inko - where's your body gone?!
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Like some training tips for stay?? If not, stop reading... hehe.. :)
We teach stay so that the dog CANNOT fail. When you're teaching stay it's vital that you do not set them up to fail and that they learn that they can never, ever break a stay. So you have to start with baby steps. I don't know what method you have been teaching, but this is what we do with pups at Inko's age (including Soaks).
"Puppy Stay" -
1. Get Inko into a down position with a collar on. Place your left hand through her collar and crouch down or sit beside her (so you're sitting on her right).
2. Get 5-6 pieces of treats in your hand and place them in front of Inko on the ground. (Keep holding her collar as she will want to get the treats! You gotta be fast to start with, so make sure you have yourself together before you start!)
3. With your right hand do your stay signal (stop sign moving toward her face), wait 1 second, click and treat.
4. Repeat until all food except one is gone.
5. Say your release word ("ok!", "free" - whatever it is) and let go of her collar. Encourage her to stand up and get the treat. Right before she gets it, click!
This way you are teaching her two things:
1. Stay cue
2. Release cue
As she gets better (you will probably find that she understands what she needs to do VERY quickly!), you start to loosen your grip on her collar to the point where you can stand next to her in heel position (on her right). Then once you are there, you can start increasing the duration of the stay.
Once she has this down pat, you can start doing normal stays, but you have to grade these too:
1. Heel position (you don't move).
2. Half turn into her (so you're facing her side)
3. Full turn to stand right in front of her (toe to toe)
4. Full turn with half a step back)... etc
Hope that helps?!?!? :)
Oh, I forgot something... If they do happen to break a stay, never say "NO!" or give negative feedback. Just pop them back in position and do a shorter stay.
Nik what fab advice, if you ever plan a trip to the UK can you let Paula/Adam and me know as I'm sure we will be trying to book you in to do training sessions.
Jo & Tarkka
Paula/Adam great update like you we have become so involved with Tarkkas training we have slipped behind with our blog. Like the photo's lots.
Jo & Tarkka
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