Teaching dogs how to go around other dogs or bikes or skateboards or...insert whatever they are likely to chase...and come back to you for ANOTHER round of celebration & rewards!
So you have something beside your recall (which if unreliable...) that the dog will understand what TO DO with that herding or chase instinct that got the best of them.
Here's a quick and dirty video of what I took 5 mins to teach them, well less than that...we've got some refining to do, but for now I thought it added some humour to the serious subject.
There are traditional herding cues to use:
"Way to me" is for counter clockwise going around the flock"
while
"Come bye' or "Go bye" are for clockwise.
I use "go" meaning to move away infront of me and "come" well...that's a recall.... so I thought it would be confusing. For clockwise, I already use "around" for going around poles when on leash so I kept that cue for the clockwise movement.
3 comments:
Original idea I say!!! Principle of teaching what to do rather than focus on what not to do. Good one K! I'll get my skateboard and bike out for you next time we meet :0)
arf,
mb
and cat please :P
We can work on Opal too....open bar when I walk by, closed bar when I leave!
That's my mantra ....teach them what to do...much more fun!
sniff, touch, coze into it, back it up, around, target (lay on top of it).....just don't chase, eat, or bark at it :P
Very smart dogs! I agree with this kind of 'positive training method'.
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