furrykidmom
Completely Boxer Crazy
Okay. So my boy is 14 months old. We are still loving nose work. We have taken a break from agility and were still doing fly ball until last week. He has started with some people aggression so we are trying to keep him from things that can promote it. A stranger tugging at his harness to get him fired up to take off can be stressful.
So we have started a new class. A shaping class. We started with touch to the hand and have now progressed to an object. I have him going out on his own to the object and touching it with his nose, getting a click for touching it and then running back to me for his treat. This has been so benefical with his recall also. He has suddenly gotten so much better. I have to attribute it to the clicker. I love the clicker and classical conditioning I just cannot seem to coordinate it well. I am always so afraid of screwing it up. He seems ot be getting it better than I am at acknowledging it. LOL
We will later use this shaping class to increase his ball drive so we can go back to fly ball. It is a blast. We both love it. I hate to stop but you do what the behaviorist suggests. Personally, I think the misshap at agility where they left the kids onto the equipment during class is what started all this. It was almost like he was saying "Hey, I am trying to work and learn here and you kids are getting in my way and causing distractions." I did file a complaint and the rules changed.
So we have started a new class. A shaping class. We started with touch to the hand and have now progressed to an object. I have him going out on his own to the object and touching it with his nose, getting a click for touching it and then running back to me for his treat. This has been so benefical with his recall also. He has suddenly gotten so much better. I have to attribute it to the clicker. I love the clicker and classical conditioning I just cannot seem to coordinate it well. I am always so afraid of screwing it up. He seems ot be getting it better than I am at acknowledging it. LOL
We will later use this shaping class to increase his ball drive so we can go back to fly ball. It is a blast. We both love it. I hate to stop but you do what the behaviorist suggests. Personally, I think the misshap at agility where they left the kids onto the equipment during class is what started all this. It was almost like he was saying "Hey, I am trying to work and learn here and you kids are getting in my way and causing distractions." I did file a complaint and the rules changed.