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Re: training questions
DIR By: Queenie
Date: September 29, 2021, 12:53 pm
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--- Quote from: AbidingDudev4.1 link ---
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> It's okay sometimes to just admit temporary defeat.
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Where did you get that picture of us?!?!
#Post#: 22646--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: kkt
Date: September 29, 2021, 2:09 pm
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--- Quote from: AbidingDudev4.1 link ---
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> It's okay sometimes to just admit temporary defeat.
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A former boss who'd previously worked at a public library told
me that it was the dog training books that got destroyed the
most.
#Post#: 22723--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: Queenie
Date: September 29, 2021, 3:57 pm
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--- Quote from: Skowronek link ---
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> [quote author=Queenie link=topic=166.msg20315#msg20315
date=1632497445]
> I need to get LCP out to where the people are. When my kids
were younger we attended many youth sporting events and I
consider these the gold standard for socialization
opportunities.
>
> Now my kids are grown and I find myself disconnected from the
youth sports schedule.
>
> I'm sure this varies by town, but does anyone have an idea of
how to find out where the games are?
>
> The only thing I know to check is the high school web page and
dogs are now forbidden there. There has to be some kind of
publicly accessible schedule for the rec league events, right?
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You first have to look for the local rec leagues and then
generally they have a publicly posted schedule. OR find the
fields they use and see if they post announcements or drive by
on a Saturday to see if cars are congregating.
With former awesome dog I would take her to the fields while one
or both of the kids were practicing and there was usually a herd
of younger siblings around. They all got to make her do tricks,
help walk her, play fetch (while leashed, of course - I had two
20' lunge lines hooked together) and it was fun for all
concerned. They thought is was strictly fun. I knew I was
using their youth and enthusiasm to channel her energy and to
learn to listen to friendly squeaky strangers.
[/quote]
Yes, that is the general idea. My slobberdogs were absolutely
bomb proof and I credit youth sporting events for this.
#Post#: 22917--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: iamnotarobot
Date: September 30, 2021, 6:48 am
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--- Quote from: Queenie link ---
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> I need to get LCP out to where the people are. When my kids
were younger we attended many youth sporting events and I
consider these the gold standard for socialization
opportunities.
>
> Now my kids are grown and I find myself disconnected from the
youth sports schedule.
>
> I'm sure this varies by town, but does anyone have an idea of
how to find out where the games are?
>
> The only thing I know to check is the high school web page and
dogs are now forbidden there. There has to be some kind of
publicly accessible schedule for the rec league events, right?
>
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I take robotdog to the free childrens events that the
fire/ems/police departments hold. It's only a couple a year, so
not regular enough to take the place of what you're saying, but
has the added bonus of him being used to large and unusual
vehicles from the time he was a puppy. He's a recognizable dog
too so god forbid he ever be let out of the house by a burgler
or something the police would possibly recognize him as living
locally too.
#Post#: 27691--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: TwoASAPsAgo
Date: October 10, 2021, 5:48 pm
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Not a training question, but ... could someone who has had
puppies chime in on how fast the teeth start to drop when they
start to fall?
Cy has lost two in the last two hours, and I just want to get a
sense of whether to worry ... trying not to be the person who
calls the vet for every little thing. Plus we have a vet
appointment this Saturday.
But on the training side, I let him have a beatup, old oven mitt
I've used for years. He seems to love it as much as my sandals.
Plus he can bury his nose in it and shake it. I "confiscated"
it at least once, so gets to enjoy thinking he's stealing it
from me. Let's see if he'll forget about the sandals.
😁
Edited less than 1 minute later to say: No, he has not forgotten
the sandals. 🤦‍♀️
Edited 15 minutes later to say: I'll try putting my foot in it
for awhile to see if that helps.
#Post#: 27713--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: Queenie
Date: October 10, 2021, 8:00 pm
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Totes normal.
#Post#: 33979--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: TwoASAPsAgo
Date: October 27, 2021, 11:06 am
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So starting yesterday, Cy abruptly regressed on his most
successful training: sitting at the door until I "okay" him to
go through it. We've worked on this progressively 4 times per
day, for at least 10 weeks now. The first time ever, it took
him about 5 minutes. Since then it's usually just seconds.
Yesterday/today, he couldn't figure it out at all, even after 15
minutes, even with hints.
His daycare/trainer "Mary" texted a little while ago to say he's
forgotten "sit" -- something he's usually solid on (unless
there's an exciting distraction). WTF?
Mary thinks the issue is Cy is wearing clothes for the first
time (started yesterday), and that's confusing to him. That is
the only new variable I can think of -- and I hope that's all it
is.* Anyone have any experience with something like this?
* Cy was in the ER about 10 days ago after a bad incident at the
dog park, and is still on antibiotics and showing signs of being
traumatized. But his door work and sit have been consistently
fine until yesterday. So I don't think the sudden change is due
to the incident -- though of course my brain first has to run
through the parade of horribles.
#Post#: 33995--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: Queenie
Date: October 27, 2021, 11:41 am
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Regression in puppies isn't unusual at all. So many
possibilities including but not limited to:
--He's about to have a growth spurt.
--There's some weird thing that you haven't noticed distracting
him now.
--Something happened to make him associate sitting at the door
with something bad.
--It's physically painful for him to sit for a reason you
haven't figured out yet.
So I'd like to know
What are the "clothes"?
Do they hurt him when he sits?
Can he wait at the door in some other position, such as "stand"?
Can he sit in other places?
I'm really sorry about the dog park incident. If it really
scared him this might be spilling over in unanticipated ways.
My very first impulse at times like this is to assume that he
wants to do right, but for some reason he just can't. And then
I look for that reason. Did he sit on a bee recently, perhaps
at the door? Did you hang a scary halloween decoration that's
distracting him? Are his "clothes" binding him somehow when he
sits? I'm just grasping at straws here.
Can you tell me more about his behaviour when you ask him to sit
and he doesn't?
#Post#: 33996--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: guest33
Date: October 27, 2021, 11:42 am
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--- Quote from: TwoASAPsAgo link ---
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> So starting yesterday, Cy abruptly regressed on his most
successful training: sitting at the door until I "okay" him to
go through it. We've worked on this progressively 4 times per
day, for at least 10 weeks now. The first time ever, it took
him about 5 minutes. Since then it's usually just seconds.
Yesterday/today, he couldn't figure it out at all, even after 15
minutes, even with hints.
>
> His daycare/trainer "Mary" texted a little while ago to say
he's forgotten "sit" -- something he's usually solid on (unless
there's an exciting distraction). WTF?
>
> Mary thinks the issue is Cy is wearing clothes for the first
time (started yesterday), and that's confusing to him. That is
the only new variable I can think of -- and I hope that's all it
is.* Anyone have any experience with something like this?
>
> * Cy was in the ER about 10 days ago after a bad incident at
the dog park, and is still on antibiotics and showing signs of
being traumatized. But his door work and sit have been
consistently fine until yesterday. So I don't think the sudden
change is due to the incident -- though of course my brain first
has to run through the parade of horribles.
>
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First so sorry to hear poor Cy was traumatized.
I could see it being the clothing, but I’m assuming your trainer
knows what happened to him?
We tend to think that dogs think like we do, but they don’t. It
just may be that back to the beginning with sit. Which is ok.
Two steps forward, one step back, it happens.
Our sweet girl Sadie was abused before we adopted her. And
still after 5 years of us adoring, training, loving her, and
consistently setting boundaries for her, I can still see signs
sometimes from before. We continue to work with her, and at the
same time make sure we don’t put her in situations she is
currently destined to fail.
We also continue to work with her with the goal of getting her
better.
#Post#: 34039--------------------------------------------------
Re: training questions
DIR By: TwoASAPsAgo
Date: October 27, 2021, 12:43 pm
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--- Quote from: MayaMia link ---
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> First so sorry to hear poor Cy was traumatized.
>
> I could see it being the clothing, but I’m assuming your
trainer knows what happened to him?
>
> We tend to think that dogs think like we do, but they don’t.
It just may be that back to the beginning with sit. Which is
ok. Two steps forward, one step back, it happens.
>
>
>
> Our sweet girl Sadie was abused before we adopted her. And
still after 5 years of us adoring, training, loving her, and
consistently setting boundaries for her, I can still see signs
sometimes from before. We continue to work with her, and at the
same time make sure we don’t put her in situations she is
currently destined to fail.
>
> We also continue to work with her with the goal of getting her
better.
>
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Thanks, Maya. Yes, his trainer is aware and has been keeping a
close eye on him. She noticed he has become reactive around
larger dogs, even the puppies, so she's working with him on that
as a priority.
So sorry that Sadie went through that. It's great that she has
you and your family now.
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