A blog article by Susan Garrett about testing cues to see what your dog really knows.
http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2010/ ... -in-a-box/
TheRedQueen wrote:I saw this, and kept thinking about the DSO...can you do it under a sprinkler? Can you do it while mom wears a bag over her head?
furever_pit wrote:LOL
That video was really cute. Looks like fun.
My favorite was the dog doing positions on the handler. I'll have to play around with that with the boys.
Michelle, in response to your comment on dogs at the DSO not knowing what heel means when the handler had the bag over their head: Did you by any chance notice a correlation between dogs taught to make eye contact when heeling and those dogs that had trouble with heeling when they couldn't see their handler's face? I'm just thinking out loud here...but if I told Dylan "foos" and then put something over my head I think he would have some confusion in the heel. On the other hand, if I gave him the command for a contact heel I doubt it would matter because he wouldn't be looking at me anyway.
DemoDick wrote:furever_pit wrote:LOL
That video was really cute. Looks like fun.
My favorite was the dog doing positions on the handler. I'll have to play around with that with the boys.
Michelle, in response to your comment on dogs at the DSO not knowing what heel means when the handler had the bag over their head: Did you by any chance notice a correlation between dogs taught to make eye contact when heeling and those dogs that had trouble with heeling when they couldn't see their handler's face? I'm just thinking out loud here...but if I told Dylan "foos" and then put something over my head I think he would have some confusion in the heel. On the other hand, if I gave him the command for a contact heel I doubt it would matter because he wouldn't be looking at me anyway.
Michelle is awa y from her computer for the holiday, but I'll respond.
Of course if you teach your dog to stare at your face during an attention heel and then take away his main cue he's going to likely have problems. Complicating this was the fact that every handler who knows how to heel confidently takes the leash and walks with a sureness that simply isn't possible when they are suddenly blinded and led by a decoy. When the body language of the handler radically changes and in effect the handler is beiing heeled by a decoy, and the dog in turn by the handler who is now acting weird and apprehensive due to disorientation and stress, the dog becomes an afterthought and tends to tag along not knowing what he should be doing.
Demo Dick
Did you by any chance notice a correlation between dogs taught to make eye contact when heeling and those dogs that had trouble with heeling when they couldn't see their handler's face? I'm just thinking out loud here...but if I told Dylan "foos" and then put something over my head I think he would have some confusion in the heel. On the other hand, if I gave him the command for a contact heel I doubt it would matter because he wouldn't be looking at me anyway.
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