Debsie mentioned BAT in another post. I read a little about it in a dog magazine this month so I am assuming it is the same thing! My 7 year old Lab missed out on vital socialisation until he was almost 8 months old, due to an operation, he also came wired for nervousness which came down from his Father who was a FTCH! He is getting better but has been a nightmare at times. I now have his nephew who is completely different and so easy in comparison. So am intrigued by BAT and does it work?
Re: BAT Hi Stacia. The best person to reply to this is Debsie as she's giving me advice on how she's used it with cuillin in the hope I can get my two to improve more with their nervousness. I have been using it with Scott and scout and it has worked they have definitely improved although we seem to have hit a brick wall in progress which is why I've been pestering Debsie. Their reactivness has reduced and strangers can get much closer although we are still working on a no touch policy. As we often walk with a friend and her dogs on country lanes it is not always possible to turn the dogs and walk in a different direction once we reach their reaction limit so I use high value treats. It certainly works for my two. People can get near enough shaking hands distance from us now. Before it was just about speaking distance with a slightly raised voice. :
Re: BAT second Pippa on Grisha's book. Thats what I've been working from. Really good....Stacia I can PM you about my foray into this too....or maybe just post as it might be helpful to others.....but must get back to work for now ;D
Re: BAT [quote author=David link=topic=4834.msg60114#msg60114 date=1394541436] Note to self: Must stop impulse buying Kindle books. ;D [/quote] It's just too easy... should never have stored card details with Amazon. One click and it's mine. Clare
Re: BAT okey dokey fellow BAT ers I will PM you all! will take me a dew days to pull it together as super busy just now and it will be a bit of a Diary Of A Novice but at least you can see what worked for Cuilli...ive added a bit of my own management techniques that might not work for every dog ( such as large doberman approaches cuillin at speed snarling, cuillin looking petrified, before she reacts - although threshold well and truly busted- mum places herself in front of her scared dog and gives the Doberman A Tremendous Shouting At In Courful Language . Im sure its ears blew back with my venom. It worked though. no reactivity from C and said Doberman legged it. C capered around me spinning happy circles and after that we seemed to take about three steps forward....maybe won't feature in BAT book
Re: BAT Would love to hear more, Debsie, so if you could post publicly ratter than pm-ing (where possible) that'd be fantastic
