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Aug 2017
8:13am, 17 Aug 2017
23,777 posts
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halfpint
It's not very inclusive Maz. I wonder how many Scottish teachers would describe their new pupils as "totally distracted by everything else going on in his normal class and mainly spends it running round in circles" - you'd be amazed!!!
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Aug 2017
9:35am, 17 Aug 2017
9,982 posts
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D2
Glad its not just me! I intend to try and go out for a walk today somewhere different to see if that helps. Ridiculous to pander to my child but there you go... anyway "its just a phase" 
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Aug 2017
10:08am, 17 Aug 2017
3,450 posts
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Mazlin
Talking of pandering to your child...I bought a £34 DVD called 'Harnessing the Hunter' that is supposed to bring calmness and attentiveness to my delinquent dog. To be fair, it is 2 hours long, and has lots of different exercises that I can see will be helpful. Annoyingly, it seems I still have to actually DO them with him, apparently just owning all the teaching materials isn't enough.
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Aug 2017
10:21am, 17 Aug 2017
3,451 posts
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Mazlin
And I agree, HP, as far as I can see he's displaying entirely normal behaviour for a small boy! However I am a very pushy parent and I'm not prepared to put up with silly behaviour (I'm not going to give up my evening to stand in a hall full of dogs and get myself covered in Primula Cheese Spread if he isn't going to even try).
It's possibly for the best that I don't have any actual kids...
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Aug 2017
11:26am, 17 Aug 2017
5,185 posts
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Helegant
"I'm not going to give up my evening to stand in a hall full of dogs and get myself covered in Primula Cheese Spread if he isn't going to even try" - classic
We have just had the most amazing agility lesson. Jet was focused, happy, fast, accurate, really tight cornering, and I was so pleased with him. He knew he was doing well as he had a huge grin on his face all the way round each time.
Apparently I managed to get in front of him and my handling was "Perfect... I don't understand why you aren't winning everything in sight." Ok, she's a teacher and she models positive reinforcement
As for winning... we still have to find a way to translate training into a competition ring. Any tips for stopping that explosion of excitement that results in the zoomies?
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Aug 2017
11:29am, 17 Aug 2017
5,186 posts
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Helegant
^^ and I added up our agility points for the past year. Even with our small number of rosettes, so far we have scored 'nil points'.
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Aug 2017
12:00pm, 17 Aug 2017
9,983 posts
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D2
Wouldn't it be great if we could just buy a DVD and some cheese ... though to be fair I do enjoy watching him enjoying meeting his friends at training classes and hearing other owners say "he's so beautiful etc"
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Aug 2017
12:01pm, 17 Aug 2017
9,984 posts
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D2
I love Jet by the way H though I'm sure it must be very frustrating, maybe as he gets older? .............
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Aug 2017
1:27pm, 17 Aug 2017
23,779 posts
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halfpint
I bought a DVD called 'Leash Off, Game On' through the online training thing we are doing. They then give you a link to access the material online whilst waiting for your DVD to arrive. As such I have an unopened DVD of 10 fun games to play with your dog to encourage proximity - if anyone wants it they are more than welcome just fmail me. We are really enjoying this way of working with Ernie and it has made a difference to recall and off (and on) leash behaviour. We haven't yet managed to make me more interesting than really good smells - maybe one day!
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Aug 2017
1:50pm, 17 Aug 2017
3,453 posts
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Mazlin
The only thing I can think of, Helegant, is just doing it more and more and hoping the excitement wears off a bit?
I got praised last night, not for my amazing handling skills (ha ha), but for my ability to catch my dog at arms length by the harness as he zoomed by, using only one hand and with the other one covered in plastic cheese spread.
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