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BaronessBL Oct 2020 8:24am, 31 Oct 2020 8,434 posts	0 BaronessBL So glad to hear the rescue are being supportive and helpful. I think if we were to take on another rescue we would find out a lot more about what sort of support is offered. We thought by going to a 'big name' rescue that we would be better supported than if we went to a local place that might not have the resources for that - but some well known organisations may simply be too big to help everyone who adopts from them. It's an area we would certainly explore more from any future rescue we approached. Hope they are able to help - do you have an opportunity to walk somewhere where he won't see other dogs such as a private field?
Wobbling Oct 2020 8:36am, 31 Oct 2020 6,372 posts	0 Wobbling Thanks again you lovely folk. BBL - there’s a boarding kennel just outside our village and they hire out their enclosed paddock. We’ve been taking Boots there since we got him once or twice a week. We’re booked in for the next four days. We’ve cancelled our trip away next week. Uneventful night and Boots is currently lying beside me in bed sound asleep.
Helegant Oct 2020 10:17am, 31 Oct 2020 7,014 posts	0 Helegant "watch me" seems to be one of the most effective training interventions that I've seen. I wonder whether the dog picks up on the handler's confidence "I've got this - not your job to worry about it" as well as being distracted by nice treats? Possibly with an added. "Oooh look, another dog = treats" eventually percolating through.
Mazlin Oct 2020 10:31am, 31 Oct 2020 9,218 posts	0 Mazlin We did a trick at dog school last week that our trainer called ‘magic treat dispensing hand’ - hold treats in hand, walk along with dog, every time dog looks at the hand, look! A treat falls from it. I can’t remember why you need this as well as ‘watch me’ (we also do a lot of training of watch me with hidden treats so dog understands it means ‘make eye contact with ME’, not ‘look at the treat’ - we’ve got some work to do on this...) Maybe it’s just another tool to use? Apparently once you’ve really reinforced that looking at the hand produces a treat it’s good for getting your dog past something scary without them noticing it’s there.
BaronessBL Oct 2020 11:57am, 31 Oct 2020 8,435 posts	0 BaronessBL That sounds quite useful Mazlin - we use watch a lot (but I still have to point to my eye at first to get a watch sometimes) but I might try the magic hand too.
Helegant Oct 2020 1:47pm, 31 Oct 2020 7,017 posts	0 Helegant Magic hands sounds like a spaniel's dream Isn't it all about reframing something potentially firightening into something good?
Helegant Oct 2020 1:49pm, 31 Oct 2020 7,018 posts	0 Helegant BBL - I use 'look' to make eye contact. It can be quite amusing watching the sheer effort that Jet has to put into looking at me when there is something much more intersting in his eye line.
LazyDaisy Oct 2020 4:48pm, 31 Oct 2020 31,465 posts	0 LazyDaisy Going back a few pages - I relented and did some scent work with Floss. I'm glad I did, she clearly really enjoyed it (and the bits of ham )
Rosehip Oct 2020 7:36pm, 31 Oct 2020 18,401 posts	0 Rosehip my magic hands would have to dispense a tennis ball to please this non-food-fixated spaniel, but the principle applies - whatever method you use " look at me, concentrate on us as a pair" is the target
halfpint Oct 2020 8:10pm, 31 Oct 2020 32,975 posts	0 halfpint I use magic hand to get Ernie past distractions or other dogs if he is a bit anxious.