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Homework is to practice your dog changing positions on verbal only with your back to them.

Thyme kept coming into the heel position then going into the requested one so set up a little platform to try and make it a bit clearer of “no no, just do it where you are”.

Kept it short and sweet.

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The new class we are in, our homework is:

Practicing precision heeling on the right

Going around a target item

Something else, I forget. Going to give myself Thyme homework of focus duration in traditional heel.

Of course what Thyme learns, Thistle also learns :)

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Today’s training was on:

Focus under distraction. In this case the reward in your left hand and people coming up trying to get his attention. He did pretty good!

This will help his heeling focus.

Distance work. Send aways around a pole then to a mat to drop. Then send away to the pole. All alongside other dogs. He didn’t run off to the others!

More distance work - staying in position while other dogs are called to front. He did good until Thistle’s boyfriend Ralph was called. Ralph is getting to know Thyme as well so he tends to want to follow Ralph lol.

Distraction work. Your dog in a drop on a mat. Dog is to ignore and stay put when strangers take their lead and try to walk them away. Thyme got upset when they took his lead and ran to me. So we did the exercise with non strangers. He started to get the hang of it by end of class.

Also useful anti-theft training.

Verbal obedience - basic position changes on a target... while owner has back turned. Helps reduce physical cues. He was good at this!

Heeling on the off side. He’s getting pretty good at this too! I want to refine his flip into offside heel.

Homework:

Send away around the stick from a distance

Right side heeling practice

Foot targeting of an item has gotten sloppy

Something to try - throwing the foot target and asking the dog to go stand on it while it’s in movement. The amazing labradood of amazing demonstrated this and it’s a hella neat looking trick that doubles at building engagement and enthusiasm. They used a frisbee.

Final pic - that tree smelled so good he peed on it twice.

#dog school #dog training #dog tricks #dogs #dogblr #puppy training #canine education #real dog training #pets #dog obedience #english springer spaniel #thistle #thyme #precision obedience #i am really enjoying the exercises in this class #they're very challenging #but sooooo good #shame thistle couldnt do this class #but some stranger coming up to her and taking her lead would not go down well #and all the offlead fast paced running about with dogs #id be worried about her wanting to chase the smaller ones #it challenges her on things shes not so good at #also has lots of things she is good at #those bits i take home and work on with thyme #but yeah this class requires strangers to interact with ur dog #or handle ur dog #and thistle wouldnt cope with that :(#but its okay #shes in the equilavent level activity class which challenges her in ways she can cope and grow with :)

Woo finally tested into the advanced class with one of the dogs. We got cheered in lol. Might not be the dog I’d like in the class but let’s not pretend I’m not going to take everything back to Thistle anyway.

Before class we warmed up by doing a slow heel around the whole field. One step stop. Four steps stop. Three steps. Stop. Party! Ten steps stop etc

First lesson was fun. There were 6 other dogs closely nearby. Thyme did a good job ignoring them for his first 90% offlead class. This would be way too much pressure for Thistle, I think.

Warm up was the figure 8s I’ve posted about before. Every time we reached the center a command was given for the dog to do. The human then goes around the cones until back at dog side then ask to heel again.

He did distance stands, which I was pleased by. His sits and drops also good although I’m in physical pain from his sloppy sit lol ;)

Sometimes the command was for slow or fast heeling.

Sometimes for a call front and either finish right or finish left (side note ive become aware of the tendency of Americans to give finish right the ~fancy~ name of a “German heel” and it cracks me up I’ve never heard it called that).

Reminder to self to work on Thymes turning left ability. He’s good in the straight and always anticipates turning right (because I do the ~~~~German heel lmao~~~~ when walking). Which means we stumble over each other a few times.

We also did the figure 8s offlead with the dog between our legs. Not something I’ve done a lot with Thyme, so lures him into position but once there he was good.

Our... our coordination is lacking. But the I crouch and he drops was satisfyingly on point.

Back to the figure 8s except this time asked for a dog position on a cone then stays there while human walks and jogs the rest of the routine yelling out random words. Then as human passes the dog, yell out an actual command. Ideally human keeps moving while saying command. I slowed just a touch on most until he got the concept and I could do it at normal walking level. Jogging level might be beyond him right now, I’m not sure.

Some distance position changes. My heart in my throat when an entire flock of birds landed nearby and he turned in his stand to stare. Recalled nicely though. Phew.

Final section of class. Thyme was getting tired and it was something wholly new to us.

It was introducing a heel on your right side. While I DO have thistle WALK on my right side, it is not a heel. So. New coordination skills for us.

The trainer talked about how teaching it on the other side is easier for the dog than the human after learning on the left. I agree.

The theory made sense. It’s just obedience heeling flipped.

The execution... not so easy 😂 going back to luring is tricky because I taught thyme via shaping because I’m so bad at luring. The tiniest of hand movements changes the dogs position so much! And it’s hard to see the whole dog!

So my notes for practice:

The arm movement is a lot like a breast stroke. Start with dog in front.

Hand goes forward and starts rotating anti clockwise. As dog follows, guide dog backwards.

I think I might shape this bit. I prefer the pivoting in spot return to heel rather than the back up heel. It gives thyme this uselessly flashy spring in his position change and I love it.

When walking on the right, using the lure hand guide, I need to cup my hand inwards a bit more so Thyme lines his butt up straight.

I also need to stand straight and look at him out of corner of eyes, not turn and look. This prevents miscommunication and saves my neck.

Anyway we only did a bit of this as Thyme was getting quite flat. A lot of thinking in a new location with new dogs for such a little guy.

Lots of fun !

No class next week because both dogs are in trials. Hoping we get more qualifiers! Check in is 8am and first entry isn’t until 1:30pm 😩

Just working through some unclear signals on my part 😂 and frustration from Thyme who just wants his ball 🐶🎾

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Precision Obedience Workshop notes

with “my puppy’s fear period started in it” notes

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Editorial: Christians, Do We "Walk The Line"? (September, 2015)

Editorial: Christians, Do We “Walk The Line”? (September, 2015)

Recently I followed an online discussion between some preachers known for their soundness in the faith and others whom some might describe as “liberal” in their theology. Over the vehement objections of the liberals, the sound brethren were promoting what they called “precision obedience” of God’s Word (Dt.. 4:2; 5:32; Josh. 1:7; Mt. 7:21-27; Ja. 1:22-25). The discussion reminded me of Johnny…

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