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Originally Posted by Nishasmom  If you want to meet up I can show you some techniques to get you started.
As for the recall, does she know her name (turn your way every time you say it?)? Do you use a "clicker" yet? This is what Nancy will teach you with. Do not try and call her when she is distracted by something else; you will be setting her up to "fail". Call her when she is running towards you, ect. Make a game out of it. Play "reverse chase" while calling her towards you, when she reaches you, she gets rewarded ect. We played "hide & seek"; at first it takes two people (until your dog is good at "stay"). Have your girlfriend hold her while you go hide; call her to you when you are ready and reward her for coming or "finding" you.
As for stay, you work in TINY steps. She stays for 3 seconds then treat; slowly you start to lengthen the "stay" time.
Do a search on "clicker" training to get you started. You can buy these at Petsmart for like $1.00. |
thanks dawlin......you've been so helpful and we all appreciate it. i will go buy a clicker today just to get her a little bit of a headstart, and also use the reverse chase and the hide and seek game. she responds to her name, because that was the first thing i tried to teach her. i just sat there with treats and made her look me in the eyes when i said "Missy!" she has gotten ok at it, but like i said...maybe i should spend more time on the stuff she is not as good at than the stuff she seems really good at. I will use your advice for now, and will be calling nancy as soon as i know when her 3rd shots will be done this weekend (she is just now getting her second round on the 10th!) that way, i can set it up to where she can start immediately after. i will post some of my pics later today!!
for real, thanks again. raising this girl to be a good model for the breed is very important to me!
-alex