LL Step 4 - stray dog-7/28/10

LL Step 4 w/Stray Dog - 7/28/10

This morning Nad alerted us that there was a strange dog by our gate. After I convinced this friendly guy to come hang in our kennel until the Animal Control could come out (as he had no tags on and the poor guy had a hurt paw), then it hit me...TRAINING OPPORTUNITY!!

I had worked Nad just a little before I thought of flipping it. What a perfect opportunity to bring out the frozen peanut butter. I added the cue "Lets Go" probably more for me than for Nad. So that when we get into situations, I will also have a verbal cue for me :)

Class-MAH-7/22/10

Class-MAH-7/22/10

L1-Out of Crate

Doing L1 behaviors right out of the crate to help with Focus and concentration.




LL Step 1 - Sitting

This was after Lynn suggested that I hold on to the clasp (I was dropping it to treat) since he was starting to move with my hand movement. I like how Nad was still In The Game with me even with the dog barking in the room.



LL Step 1 - Standing

I should have spent some time doing some L1 behaviors as Nad was not In The Game until about 38.




LLW to the Car

I was pleased how Nad stayed focused and ignored Gunner when we were by the car.




Nad Gets a Message Break with Mark

Every good dog deserves a good message - thank you Mark!!

L2: Surfaces-Contact Board-7/20/10

L2: Surfaces-Contact Board-7/20/10

I purposely started the camera before I placed the board on the ground so I could tape Nad from the beginning of what his behavior was upon first seeing the board for the session. 

My third click was way off - I clicked when he was leaving the board.  I then started walking the board with him to give him the idea that that is what I wanted, for him to go from one end to the other.  Then I sat down so I would not influence him at that point.  At 1:48 I paused to rethink my criteria (which was to have him walk from one end to the other as that's what he's done previously) and because I was slow, he started offering other shaped behaviors like backing up on the board.  Pretty cool...

Puppy Class - 7/15/10

Puppy Class - 7/15/10

Touch-1




Touch-2




Shaping Nad to turn his head to the left

I get confused and when I added the cue, I added it before the behavior instead of during the behavior

OH Tuesday Coaching Session-7/13/10

OH Tuesday Coaching Session - 7/13/10

L1 and L2 - COLD
(Beth checked Nadador's L1 & L2 behaviors to practice for a future class)
I didn't do L2:Surfaces

L1: COLD




L2: Come - Cold




L2: Crate - Cold




L2: Deliver - Cold




L2: Down/ Stay - Cold




L2: Go To Mat - Cold




L2: Handling - Cold




L2: Leash - 60 Sec - Cold




L2: Retrieve - Cold




L2: Sit/Stay - Cold




L2: Stand/Stay - Cold

Needs lots of work. I have started retraining by shaping backing up. I am having difficulty getting Nad to stand from a sit. I have started using the cue 'stand' when backing up. He hasn't
got it yet (or shall I say, I haven't taught it yet)




L2: Trick - Cold - Secret




L2: Watch - Cold

This needs a lot of work also. I need to spend time in the small confines of the bathroom to really instill this behavior and then work with lots of chutes and ladders adding distractions.



L2: Zen - Cold




Richard & Nad - OH - 7/13/10

Before I had to leave, Richard took Nad for a walk.

Shaped for Manicure-7/9/10

Shaped for Manicure - 7/9/10

I had worked with Shaping Nad to give me his paw so I could Dremel his nails. He sometimes will offer to touch my hand with his nose and then he realizes that I want his paw. Now all we need is the polish!

L2: Trick - Nad Tells Richard a Secret - 7/6/10

L2: Trick - Nad Tells Richard a Secret - 7/6/10

OH Tuesday Coaching Session-7/6/10

OH TUESDAY COACHING SESSION-7/6/10

Criteria

• Keep the dog below threshold while increasing distractions
• Loose leashes first and foremost
• Be aware of where you dog's threshold and training level are and adjust accordingly
• Begin adding Duration and/or Distance when appropriate in any of the below activities.

L2: Zen w/Richard - 7/6/10
Richard had already used the cue 'no' previously, so he didn't need it now.





L2: Sit/Stay w/Richard-5'/30 sec- 7/6/10
Richard does a great job of adding Distance and Duration to Nad's Sit building to 5' and 30 sec.




L2: Come Game w/Richard & Jan
We got up to 30' and Nad got distracted by Tommy/Patti who were very close off to my right side. We moved closer and Nad got back into the game.

Shaping-Stand/Back-7/3/10

Shaping-Stand/Back - 7/5/10


This session is in our garage that is set up as an extra bedroom, workout room, storage room. Before we started this shaping session, we were sitting on the bed and I was shaping Nad to put his head down, then to touch my shoe. These were done while the serviceman was walking back and forth and had a large vacuum going outside the open garage door.

The vacuum wasn't running at this time, however, there is still quite a lot going on! At about 1:58 you can see Nad lose his train of thought and offer one of his other behaviors of resting his head on my shoe.

Mentoring - Balboa Park-Dog Park - 7/1/10

Mentoring - Balboa Park-Dog Park - 7/1/10


L2:Sit w/Duration-a






L2: Sit w/Duratioin-b





L2: Stand w/Duration
This video shows how much work we need on stand. As per Lynn's suggestion, we are going to start to retrain stand by capturing. Also, I tried to work through his woofing/barking I was working on his stand/duration. You can see (same as in the sit w/Duration video) that when he woofs, he almost always immediately looks at me). Lynn's suggestion here was that I only wait for 5 seconds of quiet before resuming our training.