Silent Dobe
Well-Known Member
I thought of starting a thread of personal notes that we have taken from our trainers and comrades in our sports we love so much. The ect. can also mean Agility, OB comp, personal protection, anything. Hell, Waine learned some jumping techniques for dogs (ahem my dummy dummy lol) by watching horse trainers. Here's one of mine from decoy camp:
I started talking to one of the decoys regularly. Ben, if you remember DG, lol the short one in the too-big green suit with a head cold hahahaha. Anyway, he's been helping me out with tracking and obedience and such and I thought I'd jot some things down here.
For tracking:
One genius thing was...change the bait. I said I've done it a million times. It doesn't matter. He says, no, were they all things they get though? I thought for a second, well, yes it was. Raw meat, cheese, treats, kibble, ect. So...I made them treats instead. Simple, very quick and easy to make and a fresh new batch every track.
Second so far was...variable surface track. I'm like, right, yeah, I have no idea how to go about that. He merely asked me why? Just walk and leave bait like you always do.
Silence: He was confused when he got to the gravel road. He didn't know that also could be a tracking surface. Once I coaxed him onto the surface he realized there was scent there and took off!
Jerry: Well...was a typical GSD that makes you just sick to your stomach as a Dobe owner and just plowed on through it like there was no surface change....
Obedience is my playground...as you can see on the field hahahaha!! Joking of course!
I started talking to one of the decoys regularly. Ben, if you remember DG, lol the short one in the too-big green suit with a head cold hahahaha. Anyway, he's been helping me out with tracking and obedience and such and I thought I'd jot some things down here.
For tracking:
One genius thing was...change the bait. I said I've done it a million times. It doesn't matter. He says, no, were they all things they get though? I thought for a second, well, yes it was. Raw meat, cheese, treats, kibble, ect. So...I made them treats instead. Simple, very quick and easy to make and a fresh new batch every track.
Second so far was...variable surface track. I'm like, right, yeah, I have no idea how to go about that. He merely asked me why? Just walk and leave bait like you always do.
Silence: He was confused when he got to the gravel road. He didn't know that also could be a tracking surface. Once I coaxed him onto the surface he realized there was scent there and took off!
Jerry: Well...was a typical GSD that makes you just sick to your stomach as a Dobe owner and just plowed on through it like there was no surface change....
Obedience is my playground...as you can see on the field hahahaha!! Joking of course!