Zo zo's mom
01-27-2008, 03:50 PM
OK, so we got to class late (not according to my watch, but whatever).
The trainer is telling us there is a spot just to her left, Marco and I are taking off our coats and he is saying I should go and I am saying he should go...So, I did and we wander off and Zoe is sniffing and curious about the other dogs. We review the eye contact, sit and down and she does well, but is barking every once in a while (and really wants to talk to Cooper, the boston terrier next to her). Maui the pit bull is really cute and very nice. Then there is one mini dachsand, a bigger dog (I have no idea what it is, but looks a little like a German shepard), and a pug.
Zoe starts barking while the trainer is talking and she asks me to get her attention and I am trying, but Zoe is still goofing around. She did all three tasks and it turns out half the class uses a food lure to get the dogs to do "Down" and the others don't (Zoe is in the first group, but this is new). Then we start with sit and stay for 3 second and she gets it right away.Then we all move to chairs where we start with "healing" and Marco takes over. The trainer thinks Marco has to crouch lower because Zoe is intimidated, so she did it and it worked well. Then they did some loose leash walking and she did well, but didn't make as much eye contact as a couple of the other dogs. Then comes "Come". I am holding the leash and Marco gets out in front of her and she does it great. Twice in a row. :bounce:
We got our homework for next week. Review of sit and down, longer sit and stay for 10 seconds, heel, loose leash and restrained recall (Come).
I was frustrated a little in the beginning because of the barking (and she wasn't the only one barking), but I was so proud when she did Come so well.
Lessons for next week:
Be on time :blush:
Work on No Bark (the trainer said we should click and reward this just like the other commands)
Don't be kibble in the reward bag (she just spit it out-she wants the special treats)
I have a couple of heel videos I will post later.
The trainer is telling us there is a spot just to her left, Marco and I are taking off our coats and he is saying I should go and I am saying he should go...So, I did and we wander off and Zoe is sniffing and curious about the other dogs. We review the eye contact, sit and down and she does well, but is barking every once in a while (and really wants to talk to Cooper, the boston terrier next to her). Maui the pit bull is really cute and very nice. Then there is one mini dachsand, a bigger dog (I have no idea what it is, but looks a little like a German shepard), and a pug.
Zoe starts barking while the trainer is talking and she asks me to get her attention and I am trying, but Zoe is still goofing around. She did all three tasks and it turns out half the class uses a food lure to get the dogs to do "Down" and the others don't (Zoe is in the first group, but this is new). Then we start with sit and stay for 3 second and she gets it right away.Then we all move to chairs where we start with "healing" and Marco takes over. The trainer thinks Marco has to crouch lower because Zoe is intimidated, so she did it and it worked well. Then they did some loose leash walking and she did well, but didn't make as much eye contact as a couple of the other dogs. Then comes "Come". I am holding the leash and Marco gets out in front of her and she does it great. Twice in a row. :bounce:
We got our homework for next week. Review of sit and down, longer sit and stay for 10 seconds, heel, loose leash and restrained recall (Come).
I was frustrated a little in the beginning because of the barking (and she wasn't the only one barking), but I was so proud when she did Come so well.
Lessons for next week:
Be on time :blush:
Work on No Bark (the trainer said we should click and reward this just like the other commands)
Don't be kibble in the reward bag (she just spit it out-she wants the special treats)
I have a couple of heel videos I will post later.