Commands at a distance
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So fun, good girl Asha!! I find it more fun when theres no pressure to trial and I'm training just to train. They are so eager and LOVE when its time to train here. Asha looks like she loves it too.
I thought the whining in the beginning was one of mine, I almost shooshed them
I thought the whining in the beginning was one of mine, I almost shooshed them
She lives to train. Anytime she picks up a hint that we might train instead of just head to the barn to feed the chickens or go pull weeds or something, she lights up like a xmas tree. Kinda an awkward video bc I have the phone in one hand, and a ball under my arm to hold it, and had to switch phone hands for hand signals, then had to get the ball in my hand for the down on recall so I could toss it promptly... LOL, my brain doesn't work that fast. But the extended waiting was good for her too. As you said in one of your posts a while back, just 10 minutes like this a day is killer training. She's so happy. This was after a hike, which is a short loop, but steep hills - my phone logs18 floors, and Asha does so much more than I do... but the mental work of training for 10 minutes does more to satisfy her at the end of the day.
The leaking is real and it's endless.I thought the whining in the beginning was one of mine, I almost shooshed them
What I've learned is that when you have a high value reward and use it often, they become thrilled to do the thing that produces the reward. All those dogs looking like they love the focus heel? They learned to love the work itself.
Haha, I had to look here too!I thought the whining in the beginning was one of mine, I almost shooshed them
Asha did very well! I do a little 'distance' sometimes in my house. Just from across two rooms or something. I'll have to extend that to outdoors.
And she did it very well! I'd love to teach that also! I don't know if I use that word or not, but I can see that being a useful tool. And just because it's cool that your dog can do that! LOL
It's actually Platz. Of course you can use any language you wish, but here's a list of the basic commands in German:
I'm working on that! The hardest part is teaching the send-out, or go-out. To run fast away from me to a target so I can call out the Platz while she's running. I usually put a ball out or food in a shallow bowl, but if she doesn't see me lay out the target, she won't do a serious go-out. So I'm still using a known target. Working toward a send out when she's pretty sure there's no target. The problem with the target is that she can ignore my command and go get the ball and self reward on occasion and you don't want them to get the reward after ignoring you! For the most part she does it though. I'll see about getting a video for you. It's one of my favorite things in IGP to watch!
I'm Finnish (for the most part) and commands in that language aren't really conductive compared to German or even English.
Dog Training Commands in Several Languages
Common commands used for communicating with dogs in several languages.
www4.uwsp.edu
Except for Spanish, I'd have a hard time learning & remembering those words! Literally foreign to me!
I knew I was going to teach my dog obedience using German, but didn't look it all up before I started with Sit & Down & Stay. Wasn't until she was over a year old that I found out the stand was pronounced very much like "stay". I went ahead and taught stand in English because I think changing words is harder than it's worth especially if you won't be trialing.
I agree and it's probably confusing to the dog. At least with rally or obedience they let you use whatever command you taught them or at least that's the case in UKC. In nosework you do have to say "alert" when you think the dog is on to it so the judge knows what you mean. I know you already know that though. LOL
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Great job!
I think all the sports you can use whatever language/commands you want. IGP states the language should be consistent throughout. So if you start out with Fuss, they don't want to hear you saying down, switching back & forth from German to English. The other thing with IGP is that the judge wants your commands to be loud and clear - something of a surprise to me as I thought it more impressive when you can say things quietly. But one teacher pointed out they are watching the dog when you shout your command across the field and if they hear your command and the dog doesn't respond, they can ding you points. If they can't hear you then they don't notice that the dog was late in responding. So more a precision thing for that sport.
