Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Trinity's Training Class: Week Two

This was posted be posted last week sorry for the wait, google needed to fix the blog before I could post this. So, here it is.

On Thursday we had another training session. Last week we learned a lot of new things that we hadn't learned in the previous class. Those were a lot of basic steps that Trinity just loved. This week was just about going over some stuff that we had learned before.

Touching a target

Last week we went over touch on the palm of my hand. So this week we expanded that and used Mason jar tops as a target. Trinity did this really well and only after a few short times she was able to touch it twice before getting a reward. The goal of this is to have her touch it on the floor. Then once she is able to do that we teach distance between the target and her. You teach this as a beginning step to what is called a "drop on recall". We have been practicing this a lot over this weekend. She is now able to touch it while it's on the floor and with distance between it and her. This is a really engaging activity for her which she loves to do.


A sit and stay

We practiced a sit and stay for a minute and a half. She did wonderful with the sit and stay with multiple reinforcement during this activity. I knew she would be able to do this because she did so well with this in our previous classes.

Entering the ring

This activity included from outside the classroom. I think we need a little bit more practice with this. She was a nutcase entering the ring. She pulled on her leash the whole time while we were walking ring. But unfortunately, I think this is my fault considering we practice where we have play group.

I hope to have her settle down a bit during class. Fingers crossed she will!

10 comments:

  1. Hi! What a cutie lying on the sofa!!! I'm #6 on the blog hop! Come on over and visit!

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    1. Thanks for stopping buy! Trinity's not allowed to do that on the sofa, but she got really comfy so I had to take a picture.

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  2. Oh hi, here you are! (Your comment over on Bringing up Bella finally had a link to the blog attached - yay!) Trinity's a doll!

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    1. Thanks! All these comments are giving her a big head. Haha!

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  4. Congratulations, Trinity! It sounds like she is doing great. Congratulations to BOTH OF YOU for working so hard!

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    1. We love it! It really bonds us. Our instructor told me we have a great bond. I like to think so to!

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  5. Yay, Trinity!!! Zoe and I just finished a 6 week class meant to reinforce obedience training in "real life" situations (so we go to different parks around Chicago). I think training is such a great way to give a dog brain work to do and to strengthen the dog/owner bond. And I also LOVE the couch photo!

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    1. That's cool. We have one of those at our traIning center but we never did that. Trinitys good in public places she's a nut in private. Lol! Good luck to you & Zoe!

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  6. That's a great sit-stay you're doing on the top of the couch. Linus likes to sit up on top of the couch like that too...why do dogs like that spot?

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