Monday, September 1, 2008
1) mondioring puppy progression
So I work the training club's puppies as often as I can because I like doing it. I have a specific progression I want to accomplish with each of them and seeing them progress makes it worth it to me. Primarily I want the little guys to learn first to pull on the harness and be excited for the moving rag, puppy sleeve whatever. Second I want them to bite how I like them to - calm, full and hard. I know that seems counterintuitive to some ring trainers, but I like the puppy bite to be that way because it's not going to stay that way, they will learn to fight and counter when they are older, but right now they need their head clear and calm to learn a few things that will follow them their entire working career. While they are young and in a good state of mind, no distractions like environmental stuff, not much clatter stick besides mild background noise, no issues created from overstepping their threshold etc -this is the prime time to focus only on the targeting including turning the head both directions and biting mid-shin to knee. Until they have that mastered I don't like to bring in anything else that can cloud their thinking or desire to bite right where I want them to. Too much stick or environmental -which is usually any since they are so young and clueless still causes them to have difficulty learning the basics. I failed my first training skydive because there was just too much going through my head to think straight, dogs are the same, they learn better if their head is in the right place. Once the targeting is so reliable that I know a leashless bite will still end up in the right spot, the I move on to building the entry....
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