Tassie Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 I'd say you really need to keep working on her general obedience training a lot, and also you need to stop her BEFORE she gets too excited. If necessary, put her up in her crate, or in the laundry or somewhere, wait till she calms down some, get her out and do a little bit of training with her, and then see if she'll play calmly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloe Marie Posted January 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 I again wanted to say thank you to everyone here for their advice and help. I also wanted to give an update over the past few days since we have originally posted. We tried the yelp like a puppy and that made her go nuts and do it more so we have scratched that one. We tried the ignore her when she comes for attention and only give it to her when we allow it and after making her sit which to me has helped some. We also tried the low growl of "UH HUH" which she responds to well. Anytime I see her act up I do it and she immediately stops. All in all I think things are getting better and we are going to have a great long relationship with her. I am still interested in getting her into agility (when she gets older) and would like some advice on books or websites with good info on training her to do these things. I have never done any kind of obstacle course, frisbee, etc training before so I am kind of dumb when it comes to it and I want to make sure then when we do start I know what I am doing and not going about it wrong. So if anyone as any advice on this it would help get me prepapred for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Scott Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 And the jumps were setup but they just laid the bars on the ground so the puppy would have to step over them (helps to make them realize they have back legs). There is an excellent article by Linda Mecklinberg in this month's CleanRun Magazine about foundations for jumping. Barb S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbies_mumma Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 i have this book called Having Fun With Agility that is really useful. i think the author of this book has also written other books about agility. have fun with your pup! Adelaide & Abbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeezSK Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Originally posted by Barb Scott:BeesSK writes: And the jumps were setup but they just laid the bars on the ground so the puppy would have to step over them (helps to make them realize they have back legs). Seems like I read an article in CleanRun by an awesome agility trainer that said this would only encourage bar knocking later on. She recommended jumping a young dog at elbow height (when it was ready to jump) and then quickly moving it up. I gave all my back issues of Clean Run away so I can't give the exact issue. Barb S Maybe, we're in a beginner agility class now (rather than the puppy one) and she doesn't knock the bar down anymore than any other dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Scott Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 But, she shouldn't be knocking bars at all; our 7 year old who never learned how to jump has so many 1 bar down runs, it's incredible. Also very depressing and expensive! Barb S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieDog Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I guess I'm just lucky - Maggie *knock on wood* very rarely knocks bars; I think it's been at least 4 or 6 months since she knocked one in practice and only once in the past 4 years has she knocked a bar in competition! She is very accurate in general - I just wish she could pick the speed up at the same time lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shetlander Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I highly recommend Susan Garrett's book Shaping Success which describes how she trained her over the top BC, Buzz. It is also a great primer on how to train agility, especially teaching control to a high drive dog. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Scott Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I totally agree with you! Shaping Success is an awesome book! And Buzz is an awesome BC! Barb S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Scott Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I guess I'm just lucky - Maggie *knock on wood* very rarely knocks bars; I think it's been at least 4 or 6 months since she knocked one in practice and only once in the past 4 years has she knocked a bar in competition! She is very accurate in general - I just wish she could pick the speed up at the same time lol Well, speed isn't everything! Brandy has all kinds of speed; unfortunately, she thinks she can launch from 15 feet and still get over a jump. Barb S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I like Jane Simmons-Moake's books. All of them, and there are quite a few! She also does the "unleashing the velcro dog" artical in Clean Run, which I find very helpful (not that Dazzle is AT ALL velcro-y! But it gives good ideas for distance practice stuff) Dazzle (thank goodness) doesn't like hitting the bars, one time she knocked a bar and then turned around, picked it up and brought it to me. Then she gave me the "please put it back Mommy" look. It was pretty funny! She hasn't really knocked a bar after that! I am so happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiegirl Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 For a 3 month puppy- work on games with her, and teach her lots of tricks- make the sessions short and positive. You can do retrieve (itty bitty ones), and you CAN let her walk on a board on the ground- this will allow her to get used to walking on a different surface- also teach her a down (without sitting first) and the jumps- I wouldn't worry about them at that age. It is not hard to learn jumps, and she is really young at this point. Things like "come" "down", "stay" all that stuff should be made into fun learning sessions. It will help so much that she learns every day- gets those neurons firing- she will be a bright girl for it, and you will have one spectacular puppy! Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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