Training - Experiences, Challenges, and Mindsets

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Comment by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on December 11, 2010 at 3:10pm

Wow Jane, that was a lot for Murph to deal with today! It sounds like he did pretty well with it. Good job, big guy!

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on December 11, 2010 at 11:31am

Well we made it back from Murphy's training session at Petco unscathed.  We started with a 40 minute walk on the bike path...lots of dog walkers and joggers today.  Murphy didn't react at all to the joggers, but he did react to many of the dogs (as I expected).  It's funny because the trainer was actually able to predict which dogs would "set him off" as they approached.  He was always right...I have to get better at that.  By the end of the walk he was doing much better, and his "heel" was really good (ex "dog distractions").  Then we went to Petco where they were holding an adoption event.  There were lots of people and dogs.  He got better and better the longer we were there.  We asked a few people to help with the "petting by a stranger".  I was able to "heel" him past the pens with the rescue dogs with no incidents.  Toward the end he did react to a huge black dog.  I didn't spot that dog until he was right in front of us, so I didn't have a chance to correct Murph at the "looking" stage.  He did lunge at that dog...but just for a minute.  Then we sat outside on a bench for a while as people walked in and out with their dogs.  Again, he was fine with some and reactive with others.  We decided we need to do this with Murphy often.  He is starting to get the idea about what's expected with other dogs, but it's going to take lots of repetition.

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on December 11, 2010 at 6:35am

Good luck with your first training session today, Becca and Lucy!  Let us know how it goes.

Comment by Becca & Lucy on December 11, 2010 at 6:11am

Lucy has her first appointment w her trainer today :) I'm so excited! I think she has done well but of course can do so much better! I need to be trained too! :) She is 12 weeks and doing really well I think. Potty training: just a few accidents. Crate training: night one hard & then great after that. Commands she knows: return, drop it, sit, down, off (some times). She is crazy hyper whe new people come over. Doing better on the lead but very scared of dogs and noises. So I think typical puppy stuff ;) We have never had a dog this smart and we want go as far as we can with her :) I've been reading a lot in this group but I'm sure you'll hear more from us

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on December 10, 2010 at 7:12am

We do heel, auto sit, and sit/stays in the Park.  I haven't started real work on "down" yet, although I've been doing that all along with him, so it shouldn't be too difficult. 

Comment by Adina P on December 10, 2010 at 6:55am

Oh I meant how was PetCo but I see that's tomorrow. Do you do JUST heeling in the park or have you added stays, downs or anything else? Are you teaching turns at all?

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on December 10, 2010 at 5:19am

It was FREEZING, and Murph hated the wind blowing in his face.  He kept wanting to back to the car.  We only did 20 minutes of heel training.  Today there were only two distractions (no other crazy people in the Park).  The car was a distraction (because he kept wanting to get back to it) and lots of feathers from all of the geese that have been using this Park as their rest stop during their migration.  He was intrigued by the blowing feathers.  Overall he did well with the heeling...minimal need to correct.  He had kind of a "lets get this over with" mentality.

Comment by Adina P on December 9, 2010 at 9:34pm

Sooo..how was it?

Comment by Adina P on December 9, 2010 at 9:52am

Brrrrr. We did a brief training session (emphasis on brief) 2 days ago but I wimped out quickly and it wasn't even THAT cold here.

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on December 9, 2010 at 9:06am

Getting ready for "heel" training....it's in the 20's, but actually mid teens with wind chill factor. BRRRRRR.

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