Jazz is doing fantastic under your tutelage!! Awesome job.
Her working level outdoors is still really low, 4 low, but when there are serious distractions I've had her up to 9 high and she can blow straight through that if she committed to a chase! My current e collar only has up to 100m range and 8 low/8 high levels. Pretty basic. At the moment I am really reinforcing things by a lot of leash work and obedience work, just using the ecollar as insurance and backup. Upgrading to a much more adequate e collar in a while!The worst is the Taipan? Thats pretty freakin bad
Does she have a high working level for the e collar when outdoors? I found that my past dog needed a huge amount of stim outdoors. Pretty much quadruple the amount. And yes, that was his "working level," just enough for an ear flick.
Thankyou! I am finding that the challenge of training a dog like this in this open country is a challenge, but is very rewarding when things come together!Jazz is doing fantastic under your tutelage!! Awesome job.
Oh yes, we are all on the mend and doing well. The twins are back to their crazy, joyous antics like nothing at all ever happened. LolI hope you, your work mate and your twins are all on the improve.
Huh! Prejudiced !He HATES little white dogs!!!
That's pretty impressive! I can just see the brakes being put on and into a sliding sit! lolRagnar will go into down if ordered but he does not like that position at all so he has trained to sit on command even at a full run. It worked pretty well last week.
Greyhound racing in Qld is nearly non existant except for the major cities. It fell out of favour after some nasty training practices came to light. There are some lure coursing clubs around though and I think it is the sort of thing you can sign up for a trial day so I might try to get Jazz a fun day when I'm traveling. They run the lures over a course that changes direction, not the track they use for Greyhounds.Lure coursing - I think Greyhounds do that, no? Could there be a greyhound club closer than 1000km, lol.
Sounds like she is doing really well with the new collar.
Was the vet visit just a checkup? It’s so good when they can handle those and not treat it like a negative place. Is her Kangaroo wound all healed up? I had to wonder if white hairs would show up along it, I was even thinking to ask you in the ‘white hair’ thread.
Yes! An outlet for that prey drive that is safe and fun! I can just see Bogie revving up to go!!!!! I also have to admit to getting those chill bumps and a tear in the eye seeing Jazz in maximum chase mode, even though I was cranky with her for doing it. Just so amazing to watch and when you have seen it you just know that all the games we usually play just don't tap their potential at all! Does Bacall not enjoy lure coursing?Lure coursing is fantastic for dogs with a high prey drive. I have gone to the mainland several times and Bogie is a speed demon with the lure coursing. He stretches out low, long and super fast on the lure. The hardest part for me was holding him back before his release. He gets so amped up with the whining and dancing wanting to cut loose. Just seeing him run like that gives me chill bumps to watch. It is magical.
Not like Bogie. Bacall will run like a bullet to a distance of 150’ then stop, look back at me then comes blazing the ground back to me. She has a lot of drive but Bogie’s drive is over the top. Plus she is much more mature and obedient than Bogie. He can be a handful at times but he really is a big goofy sweetheart with a LOT of energy. Think super-ball energy!Does Bacall not enjoy lure coursing?
That Dobie was slow. LolI have found this video of a Dobe doing the job with glee! Have to laugh about the corner cutting! And he is fast but to my mind not as consistently fast as Jazz is on the tail of a roo! You can feel the joy of the run though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0bi3YPkcGk