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Comment by Joanne ~ Spud* on October 29, 2010 at 7:37am

Yea for Stay, Boca!

Comment by Adina P on October 29, 2010 at 7:26am

Boca and I have been working hard 5-6 days per week. We have a rough heel and commanded sit when we stop walking. Sometime next week...Boca will begin learning automatic sits for when we stop during heeling, sit stay, and stand stay! I'm excited to get to stay training!

Comment by Linda, Webber and Seda on October 29, 2010 at 5:47am

Webber and I had to do an exercise in Rally obedience that might be fun to practice. Start with heel/sit. Take one step and do heel/sit. Take two more steps and do heel/sit and then three steps and heel/sit. You treat (or praise) as soon as the dog is in the sit position each time. After doing this a bunch of times on a walk, heel sit gets more automatic. Eventually you phase out the treats if you are using them.

Comment by Linda, Webber and Seda on October 29, 2010 at 5:39am

I had the same problem with my two; they were tethered together and pulled each other, and my arm. After resisting it, I purchased two pinch collars. The problem disappeared. They pulled and corrected one another and I think they got one correction from me. It has saved my rotator cuff and I can take them more places because they are under better control.

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on October 29, 2010 at 5:36am

Charlie, I think there will be lots of ideas for this. Can you please start a discussion? It's much easier to get the feedback that way. Thanks.

Comment by Charlie De Gregorio on October 29, 2010 at 5:31am

I have 2 doodles. When we walk them on a leash they want to pull my arms out of the scoket. they do listen when i tell them to heal and they will sit next to me but as soon as they start walking again they start pulling any ideas?

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on October 29, 2010 at 4:13am

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STARLIT! I'm so proud of how far you've come this year. Do you think you can teach Murphy? I hope you have a fun day today!

Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on October 29, 2010 at 4:04am

Holy Doodles, there's LOTS of training "stuff" going on and some really good "successes". DeeDee, I love your question. I'm going to start a discussion so you can get some feedback. Karen, I think it's a "big deal" that Jack is backing away from the door and "sitting" on command when there's someone there. Donna, you're definitely making progress on your "auto sit"....YAY! Zack and Gavin....NICE! I think it would be really awesome if we could start uploading little videos of our training. That would be a great way to help one another. I'm planning one for next week....if Murph will only cooperate.

Comment by DeeDee and Sheila on October 28, 2010 at 10:30pm

Sheila has a bad habit that has gradually developed over summer. When she wants to come in, she sits by door. But when I open the door, she backs up and won't come in. Like she wants to entice me to chase her or play with her. Tonight we had a battle of wills that lasted 3 hrs. She FINALLY came in when I called her and she had a treat inside the door. But then she went in laundry room by herself to sleep. I didn't berate her for NOT coming in. I just called her and we made eye contact and she would just stand there looking at me. If I make a move toward her she runs off. This will be really annoying once weather gets cold. Any suggestions?

Comment by Joanne ~ Spud* on October 28, 2010 at 6:36pm

No Kicks Karen,
Here is a cookie. You call trainer, you get a cookie! :)\
Actually, here is a cookie from Starlit, she has some extra

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