Iggy is just getting to be more and more fun to train. I really do enjoy training a dog and watching him get concepts and improve to amazing skills. I hate when it is emotionally draining, the first 9 months with Iggy were emotionally draining. Why? When things didn't work in my head it was the end of the world. He is soft and stubborn all at the same time. I was not in an operant state. Now I have a dog who enjoys being with me (thank you Christine) so even when I make a mistake I can fix it without him walking away. So now I get to do what I like best which is just train.
The last time we did LOP with toys he would either come straight to me or blow by me to the other toy, I knew what I wanted him to understand was not getting through, my thought was I had to teach him to disengage from the toy on the ground. Yesterday we worked on coming to "side" with a toy on the ground 15 feet in front of you. First time I did it with no leash on and he blew by but after that he did very well and we also practiced a few with me running so he could drive out to the toy.
I am not happy with his retrieve after a jump, it is not bad in all other situations but definitely not consistent in the jump situation. I set up the jump in the driveway where I could move and ran away after every toss. I have to keep doing that every day because obviously I created a habit of dicking around with the toy after jumps. We did about 6 reps from different angles with the jump at 16" and he did great. My plan is to do at least 50 reps total of taking off as soon as Iggy gets the toy and then start waiting for the turn before I take off...
We have added a small curve to the tunnel and always work driving forward and turning to me. He is finding his entry off a nose touch and from a collar grab. Next I add a jump but I think I will just do the tunnel for another week or so.
I got a nose touch on the ground yesterday so hoping to introduce the plexi glass this afternoon.
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