by katiek0417 » February 8th, 2010, 11:53 am
pocketpit wrote:We took Dylan off of the bungee today and let him run into the decoy for the bite. We did this a few times. Our decoy knows Dylan's weakness and made Dylan miss a bite and I saw no hesitation on Dylan's part to come back to get the bite. I actually see what I have been building in Dylan with the flirtpole (as my trainer had me do it) - I make Dylan miss repeatedly and give him the bite when he makes a solid push of effort. This is what he was doing in the bitework today.
Our plan is to start putting Dylan on a 50 foot bungee for the run-in attacks.
Good work! That exciting, I know how exhilirating it can be when you get to take that next big step forward and see things work. The technique you described above is definately a good motivational tool and one we use with a long bungee. It's a great tool for teaching pivot leg work as well.
Bungees are great for getting dogs to come in nice and fast...I've also seen people have their dogs drag tires...
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