Dogs, why do they do it???
Dog training, when we got Zach from the dogs trust it was a condition we took him to dog training due to his young age, not a problem got him booked in. He does have some basic training,
he can sit, heel, wait and stay, in fact when out walking and coming to a road without any command he sits and waits, road clear we say heel and off we go. The first session of training, parked the car at the far end of the town, walked down the high street
to the training venue, every road we came to he sat and waited, no command, so I thought good it will be top marks
; training started and we
all walked around the room practicing heel and sit, would he sit…….NO
. On the way back to the car, yes he sat at all the roads before crossing!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well done Zach. Don't let them get to cocky.
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In the same way you can guarantee a dog will spit out a treat he would normally wolf down when it's given by a stranger. To add insult to injury he will have a look on his face that says "I'm not eating that poison!".
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Know the feeling Chris, normally Alfie sits as soon as I stop walking, when Its just us. We were walking with my daughter and granddaughter the other day after I told them all of his excellent ways ..........Did he sit??? Not once at any crossing, he just
stood still looking at me with his head to one side one ear up and one down as if to say "you can't show off now" my granddaughter laughed every time, I had to laugh as well...
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Dog training went well last night, did his sits, heel and from a sit he stayed still while I took a step away from him!!! he gave me such a funny look, yep in our local field he usually sits and stays while I turn my back on him and walk away to 20mtrs,
then turn and tell him to come to me.0 -
Yep - they aren't very good at generalising their learning. It's why you need to train in lots of different situations to really embed a command.
...in gundog world its called proofing just because it will perform a specific task in your gardn or field does not mean it wil do it in real life working situation so the behaviour or command must be practiced and proofed in different scenarios. This
is what you have, a learned behaviour but not yet proofed / generalised0 -
Well after all that sitting and being told to go down in training, I think I have got it. Did a nice sit then a down without been told, when is someone going to show me how to pick up a glass??
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Love it!
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Perfect...
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So, have I got this right Chris?, you have a comfy seat, the Dog has a comfy seat & Mrs Chris has the cheapo plastic seat
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