Early morning:
1. Lesson was 1/2 hour.
2. Goals and objectives were to teach Gigi how to calm herself around other dogs and distractions AND that dogs are not out to get her.
3. Technique used was Bedrock Method of sit on the dog (not Bedrock training plan as this is a condenced period of time to work on this dog).
4. Equipment used 6' leather lead, metal training collar, chair, and three trained dogs.
5. Client not involved as yet, so no homework given.
6. Gigi not lied down, but allowed the dogs to lie close all around her. My Dobermans alerted to some wild life, and this did not seem to overly upset Gigi as they raced around barking. She stayed in that position for 30 minutes and was pretty relaxed when we got up. It was a beautiful morning and the humming birds were out.
Right after early morning lesson and some breakfast:
1. Lesson was an hour and a half.
2. Goal and objective lesson was to introduce Gigi to her first walk around the neighborhood, and heeling amongst the distractions that we encountered. These are all dirt roads so this is generally very low key distractions to get a reactive dog used to them.
3. Heeling and a lot of auto sit practice as well as turns were used to get Gigi used to keeping position, and her interest and attention on me.
4. Equipment used was 6' leather lead, metal training collar, and electronic collar.
5. Client is not involved yet, so no homework was assigned.
6. Gigi needed to be shaped into the sit a few times. When we passed one dog, you could tell she wanted to rush out of the heel, but she did hold herself back into it. I had a bad moment where I thought the dog was actually off leash, and I would need to block from Gigi and save the pug. Luckily he was on a tie out in the yard. Gigi isn't quite ready to have a dog run up to her yet. She just got used to walking past dogs that won't approach her, and lying near dogs. Not quite ready for that kind of jump yet, but Gigi again did very well. This is the kind of progress that I am looking for in her. She barely and maybe not at all grabbed the leash or made any kind of air snapping movements.
Later on Afternoon-Evening:
Very informal, I had Gigi out with us as much as possible the rest of the afternoon and evening. She was sometimes not in a command at all, and she would choose to lie by me (the leash and collars were on). She allowed Jackie to lie toe to toe with her during the thunderstorm. They did both want to sniff each other, but I didn't allow it yet. I think that's when Gigi feels cornered and I didn't want her to snap when she was doing so well, and just getting used to this.
Probably about a good three hours of this on and off during the day. Allowed Gigi to feel what it was like to not be in a command but be able to control herself. The dogs all seem to want to invite Gigi to their group with their looks and presence. That is a good sign, because if a dog is sending off the wrong vibes, generally my dogs will not want to go near them.
Guest dogs have no idea that a dog on property might not be friendly, so I usually need to put them in a command or they would just walk right up to her. My dogs are, thankfully, used to working with situations like this. I sometimes need to tell them to back off, but more importantly I can tell from them when it's time to move forward a bit.
1. Lesson was 1/2 hour.
2. Goals and objectives were to teach Gigi how to calm herself around other dogs and distractions AND that dogs are not out to get her.
3. Technique used was Bedrock Method of sit on the dog (not Bedrock training plan as this is a condenced period of time to work on this dog).
4. Equipment used 6' leather lead, metal training collar, chair, and three trained dogs.
5. Client not involved as yet, so no homework given.
6. Gigi not lied down, but allowed the dogs to lie close all around her. My Dobermans alerted to some wild life, and this did not seem to overly upset Gigi as they raced around barking. She stayed in that position for 30 minutes and was pretty relaxed when we got up. It was a beautiful morning and the humming birds were out.
Right after early morning lesson and some breakfast:
1. Lesson was an hour and a half.
2. Goal and objective lesson was to introduce Gigi to her first walk around the neighborhood, and heeling amongst the distractions that we encountered. These are all dirt roads so this is generally very low key distractions to get a reactive dog used to them.
3. Heeling and a lot of auto sit practice as well as turns were used to get Gigi used to keeping position, and her interest and attention on me.
4. Equipment used was 6' leather lead, metal training collar, and electronic collar.
5. Client is not involved yet, so no homework was assigned.
6. Gigi needed to be shaped into the sit a few times. When we passed one dog, you could tell she wanted to rush out of the heel, but she did hold herself back into it. I had a bad moment where I thought the dog was actually off leash, and I would need to block from Gigi and save the pug. Luckily he was on a tie out in the yard. Gigi isn't quite ready to have a dog run up to her yet. She just got used to walking past dogs that won't approach her, and lying near dogs. Not quite ready for that kind of jump yet, but Gigi again did very well. This is the kind of progress that I am looking for in her. She barely and maybe not at all grabbed the leash or made any kind of air snapping movements.
Later on Afternoon-Evening:
Very informal, I had Gigi out with us as much as possible the rest of the afternoon and evening. She was sometimes not in a command at all, and she would choose to lie by me (the leash and collars were on). She allowed Jackie to lie toe to toe with her during the thunderstorm. They did both want to sniff each other, but I didn't allow it yet. I think that's when Gigi feels cornered and I didn't want her to snap when she was doing so well, and just getting used to this.
Probably about a good three hours of this on and off during the day. Allowed Gigi to feel what it was like to not be in a command but be able to control herself. The dogs all seem to want to invite Gigi to their group with their looks and presence. That is a good sign, because if a dog is sending off the wrong vibes, generally my dogs will not want to go near them.
Guest dogs have no idea that a dog on property might not be friendly, so I usually need to put them in a command or they would just walk right up to her. My dogs are, thankfully, used to working with situations like this. I sometimes need to tell them to back off, but more importantly I can tell from them when it's time to move forward a bit.
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