Day 11 training
Bodhi was doing real well (fortunately, his basic
training commands are very good) and Steve had me put him on a very slack leash
and then he approached him in a very aggressive manner and Bodhi went for his
leg.
Today we did training with Steve and part of it
went well and part of it SUCKED.
The
work inside the house isn't going well, but I don't know what I can expect
without having done much work. Its hard to make progress without men to
practice on. I just don't seem to have many guy friends that Bodhi doesn't
already know and like, so its hard to practice with
him.
Steve was very impressed with how
well Bodhi did outside, but not thrilled with the lack of progress we have made
inside. So we have implemented a new tool. A place bed. Bodhi now has this
little place bed that he is supposed to go to when people come in.
We introduced the place bed outside
(because he's already doing really good outside) and practiced having Bodhi stay
on it while Steve marched around him and acted weird. Bodhi was doing real well
(fortunately, his basic training commands are very good) and Steve had me put
him on a very slack leash and then he approached him in a very aggressive manner
and Bodhi went for his leg. I was able to pull him back and all he got was a
bit of pant leg, but it was terrible. Steve didn't seem nearly as phased by
it.
Then we moved the exercise inside
and it was like a whole new world. I looped the leash around the base of the
place bed, and reinforced that with a leash going to a closet door so Bodhi
couldn't go anywhere far from the bed. I sat on the couch and Steve marched
around the apartment like he owned the place. Somtiems Bodhi would bark, but it
was so much different.
Now my homework
is to teach Bodhi to go to his "base" when someone comes over. Which means, I
have to teach him the "base" command and have it work 100% of the time when
there are no distractions, then slowly add
distractions....
Next training session
is Monday Feb 13.
Posted: Thu - February 2, 2006 at 11:09 AM