Cara Ruth
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Hi Allie, thanks for posting this video. I am curious about the history of the two dogs. As well as the end goal with group name. In my opinion, I feel like this was a very successful exercise. Assuming there is a conflict between the two dogs. I like the way you make things real with conversations between two humans, using words that would’ve otherwise potentially had a dog jump the gun on a command. I like the layer of safety that’s used, not only does it help keep the dogs from making a mistake, it allows you to be confident during the session and not focusing about something otherwise happening. I also like the positive association that Stormi has with a muzzel.
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Allie, Thanks for the further explanation. I have a feeling Stormy and fluke has some similarities. Which makes Fluke an excellent dog for me (as a dog trainer) as I have learned so much. several months ago, I made an ethical decision to stop bringing him to my pack walks. Almost for similar reasons, as you stated. I started to realize I was spending more time managing him, and working with Fluke, which took away from my focus on my pack members. In addition, it occurred to me that I wasn’t practicing good leader ship. He started to feel somewhat entitled to go with me, sit up front with me, etc.. I still bring him with me from time to time. But it needs to mutually benefit my clients dogs. Fluke is extremely sociable, and he helps younger, submissive type dogs build confidence. fluke does have fear and dominance aggression, phobias, resource guarding. However, with the help of FDST, a lot the behavior is managed very well and in some cases you don’t see the behaviors anymore. I really appreciate when you share exercises as it is opening doors for me to do the same to gain support from my mentor and peers.
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Thank you for this explanation. It makes total sense… I think this would actually make it easier for the human to understand and be true to the command structure.
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When I first read your post, I thought , that does make sense but as I continued to think about it, could that in some way cause problems later with repeating dog name, command. We condition the dogs when they hear the name something will follow, but in the early ph1 stage could this some how poison the name? I keep going back in forth with this so I would value feedback.
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We use different commands for heel for the dogs that have been formally trained. We also do loose leash training but we have a goal in place to formally train all dogs ultimately