Re: Charlie's July/August training He is lovely; and so well-behaved! Fantastic. You must be very proud of him. (Also looks like he managed a sneaky crotch-sniff in one of the photos!!! )
Re: Charlie's July/August training [quote author=Karen link=topic=7009.msg103485#msg103485 date=1408606242] He is lovely; and so well-behaved! Fantastic. You must be very proud of him. (Also looks like he managed a sneaky crotch-sniff in one of the photos!!! ) [/quote] I was proud of him, yes. It was full on and not a bother on him. And he was well behaved - well, more or less. ;D ;D ;D Today, Charlie is very much hoping he can help OH in the giant pasty eating competition. ;D ;D ;D
Re: Charlie's July/August training [quote author=Oberon link=topic=7009.msg103536#msg103536 date=1408615581] Oggie..? [/quote] = pasty = YUM!!!!
Re: Charlie's July/August training [quote author=bbrown link=topic=7009.msg103537#msg103537 date=1408616069] [quote author=Oberon link=topic=7009.msg103536#msg103536 date=1408615581] Oggie..? [/quote] = pasty = YUM!!!! [/quote] The Welsh also claim this word fos pasties but I think it was the Cornish who coined it. Ivor Dewdney rools OK!
Re: Charlie's July/August training "bah" says Charlie. He failed to blag his way into the oggie eating competition. Winning time was 44 seconds, which he thought was a bit pathetic and reckoned he'd have wiped the floor with them. If only they had let him play. dogs not allowed by julieandcharlie, on Flickr But apart from that, he had a good petdog training day. He bought balloons for the kids coming later to his garden to watch the red arrows... balloons by julieandcharlie, on Flickr Helped out with raising a bit of cash (he flirted with everyone....) collecting by julieandcharlie, on Flickr And had a great party! Lots of little people to play with... kids and charlie by julieandcharlie, on Flickr sukie and charlie by julieandcharlie, on Flickr Those noisy jet things were good too... when they get very close, chicken appears! Fabulous! ;D ;D ;D red arrows by julieandcharlie, on Flickr red arrows 9 by julieandcharlie, on Flickr red arrows close by julieandcharlie, on Flickr Time for bed now... Gundog training tomorrow.
Re: Charlie's July/August training Charlie must be the most socialised dog ;D What a happy life he lives and how good you must feel that he can cope with all these distractions, great dog.
Re: Charlie's July/August training Over socialised, the gundog trainer said - by that she means he has little, actually no, caution. But we are much better around other dogs now, he hasn't rushed up being rude for ages (well, at least 10 days ;D ) and fine around people (he usually waits for some encouragement to approach now although doesn't have to be asked twice). Anyway....back to gundog training. I thought I'd try an experiment today. When I'm in corridors, I only do blind and memory retrieves. Not sure why. Habit, I suppose, plus I'm so rubbish at throwing straight I'd probably wrap the dummy in the side hedges in a corridor. So I tried a blind retrieve out in the open, with the most boring dummy I own (a small canvas one that we used for clicker training). He didn't run round with it! He came straight back! I did it a few times, and every time he came straight back and handed it over. I think this was because running round is all about excitement. (Sorry if everyone is rolling their eyes at how obvious that is.) I dropped the dummy, waited until Charlie was trotting around relaxed, called him to heel and sent him. I made sure he couldn't see the dummy. He didn't run straight very far before he started hunting. And then he hunted in quite wide sweeps. I guess this is because I haven't done anything about hunting so I'll have to look at that. He found the dummies fine though, and then brought them straight back. The retrieves were much shorter than blinds I would do in a corridor, so was a bit surprised he didn't run straighter for longer. I'll have to think about that. With a marked retrieve he either has the excitement of running in, or the excitement builds while he is looking at the dummy waiting to be sent. With the blind retrieves, it takes the excitement out of the whole thing. He was still as keen as mustard though. I don't know whether this gets me anywhere, but it was interesting, I thought. He also walked off lead, at heel, passed other off lead dogs that were running today (much C&T with chicken, but still).
Re: Charlie's July/August training I'm glad you took the advise of not doing anymore SEEN retrieves in the open on short grass. But be careful that you don't create another problem, which is for him to hunt for the dummy taking more and more ground until eventually he finds the dummy. I would start teaching him to run in straight lines. Blinds are all about straight lines and hunting a very, very small area around the dummy.
Re: Charlie's July/August training Yes, I haven't read about directions, or blinds, or anything else really. Because all we've ever done with trainers is about bring back the dummy. In a gundog lesson, with an exciting dummy provided by the trainer, he has always galloped round. So no trainer has ever moved on passed that. I'll have a read through the book. We do need something else to do, otherwise we will get very bored.
Re: Charlie's July/August training [quote author=JulieT link=topic=7009.msg103818#msg103818 date=1408704791] So I tried a blind retrieve out in the open, with the most boring dummy I own (a small canvas one that we used for clicker training). He didn't run round with it! He came straight back! I did it a few times, and every time he came straight back and handed it over. [/quote] YIPPEEEEEEEE!! So, all the time, we thought the key thing was the corridor being enclosed, but it was really about the dummy not sailing through the air!! ;D ;D This is excellent. Opens up a world of interesting variations.
Re: Charlie's July/August training I think it's about being able to see the dummy - he is worst when there is a helper. On the course, the trainer did the bang the dummy thing before she dropped it (she only did that once with Charlie though.... ;D ) and he nearly had me off my feet. I should think he'd run round on a memory retrieve in open ground very badly. When I walk him away from the dummy he thinks of nothing else and fusses dreadfully. And so the frustration/excitement has time to build....
