maxthestuntdog
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hi can you tell me where the article can be found as this could help my friends dog but i can’t find the article on the website:D
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thats great i’ll get in touch with the uk trainer and keep you posted on fred the lurcher. my lurcher has come on sooooo much using phase three that we are begining to work him in exciting and challenging environment and i am doing a bit of phase two work at dog training sessions while dogs are running about doing agility. can’t do the phase three as here in uk they would all die of shock and phone the rspca at the site of a remote coller as they only know their use as stock deterent tools when dogs are blasted for going near sheep. you get looked at funny round here for giving your dog a ‘no’ anyway thanks for the help.
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just thought i’d update on this dog. the owner took him on her holidays leaving her other old lurcher with a friend so she could ‘bond’ with him. i taught her your method for phase 2 (we’d done phase 1 at home pre holidays) and there is a different dynamic between them now, the dog is nearly ready for phase 3 but i’m not rushing the owner till she seems more confident with the whole pattern of command, praise and correction etc as she is still a bit slow to praise or correct but i think this is only confidence as she tries the method with my three and is far better ( she isn’t expecting to get bitten by these dogs where her dog has done so i think she still has a bit of apprehension with her dog).
He has been far better in agility training and next week there a competition so we will see if things go better for them both. i have got her to step over, round and close to him as if they run into each other on an agility it can set him off on the aggresive behaviour. He may have been kicked in the past so he is getting good and learning legs are no bad or mean his going to get battered.
anyway on a second point I would love to train as an instructor but all the uk train is basic pet training and you can’t use any form of training to correct the dog! its all praise and no correction style. is it possible to train for this style somewhere? more updates to follow… -
I will do and i am looking forward to seeing how he comes along. my mad lurcher has been on his best behaviour for a week now and today he walked passed free roaming chickens (has killed in the past), sheep (has chased) and a cat ran across his path and all he did was look to me for direction. he seems so much more relaxed and able to control his over excitability that i will start to work him in more challenging environments. I have began my young bearded collies education using this system too:)
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Thanks for the reply Theresa. It is good to hear i have given my friend the right advice, the dog usually show the behaviour at the weave poles or coming off conact equipment but he really starts sometimes at the start line or between jumps. getting in his way or not pushing him on can set it off. when i run him i keep a calm, low quiet tone and try and keep him moving forward but my friend isn’t as good but she is trying. he was thought to be aggresive on first rehoming but in fact he just tells rude, bad mannered dogs off and never draws blood. he appears to be dominate but i think underneath he is mr scaredy cat and lacks confidence round lots of dogs. at the shows there are loads of over-excited, out of control behaviour going on about him so it ups his anxiety. as he has become more confident at training he is no longer showing the behaviour and his owner is much more relaxed too. some of our mad, bad club members have moved away or left which has helped too. we will get on with the basics in the next few weeks and progress on when he is ready. my own mad lurcher is moving into phase three stuff and this week he is like a different dog. great training that really make the dog control itself and have to think for itself which is great.
