The great Flyte Adventure.... HELP!!!!

[teaguestoy]

Ah Flytie - what can I say.... well, we are in the Silvia Trkman Foundations class and that is great. AND, very difficult. We are so far behind in general training, so some of the class work is challenging

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[brisbeethewhite]

I second teaching a formal retrieve to hand with a neutral object, one of the first things I taught Eva as a puppy - she was born to hoard. I'm also a fan of jealousy, if she wants to take the toy and leave, then you can leave the yard and go inside and play with Teague

[teaguestoy]

Thanks Heather! Really good points. My only problem with leaving her in the backyard which I have done multiple times is that she eats things. All sorts of things as you know and so I am concerned about leaving her with an object she can consume. Which is why I tried to take all of them away but when I'm training and she has a toy and then runs with that service sucks. But I will take your advice to heart I think it's really good.

[sclmarm]

On the recall issue. I give check in treats. Out on a walk/in the yard and the dog comes to check in, they get a cookie. Kind of a thanks for caring where I am cookie. :) Naughty Noodle, the Jack Russell, will get to hunting around and forget to check in. I will walk him down until he feels uncomfortable trying to leave, then release the pressure and let him come to me then we celebrate. I actually kind of do the same thing with human kids. I either give them a look or some kind of pressure until they decide that it's easier to do what I want

[teaguestoy]

I also do check in treats - Ill try the pressure, but she just wants to run at any pressure, so i try not to have her practice that behavior. Noodle sounds adorable - i know, shouldn't say that, but DANG IT!!! too cute.

[sclmarm]

Adding the pressure and the running away is exactly what happened when we had a horse that didn't want to be caught. My sister and I applied pressure causing the horse to run away until it wasn't fun for the horse anymore. Even after the horse had had enough we went another couple of minutes, actually shooing her away, then walked up and caught her. She'd eventually forget and we'd have to repeat the process, but it nearly extinguished the behavior. I automatically did it on one of our dogs and it worked. I wouldn't choose to do it in a wide open field, but in a fenced in yard I would.

That Noodle!! It's a good thing he is cute! It's hard to get mad at him when he's so happy running around with his prize.

[teaguestoy]

Interesting to have it explained what you mean, thanks.
Tonight I was training her and threw another toy and found that if I held my hand out she came right to me, guess the work I've been doing for just a couple days is helping. No ball during training yet, think that's too much. But such great help from everyone. Thanks!