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Jacqueline Mckendrick · Nov 23, 2017

Penny will go outside at night and just sit on path doesnt even pee. She will bark at the wind. The other night it was howling and pouring and she wouldnt budge just sat there and got soaked until i was forced to go out and then she zooms about. Great fun

Sven · Nov 23, 2017

Well done Red, round of applause for you.

Harley Quinn · Nov 24, 2017

snowbunny said: ↑

Sounds like a time to use what aD call "proximity vortex", although I've changed it up a bit. I use it to get Willow practicing getting into the car, which she has started balking at.
I use kibble as a low value treat and raw mince as a high value treat. Throw the kibble to the "safe place" (in your case, inside the house), mark a turn back to you and reward with the mince. Start off easy, so you're still inside, with your back to the open door. Repeat a few times so she gets the gist - running into the house gets kibble, but running towards the door gets WOW! Start dropping the high value treat closer to the door, then so she has to reach a little into the rain and so on. Using movement like this really helps Willow to "unstick".

I've not been in the car with her in a while, because she started to freeze up with it, and this morning I played this game. At first, she wouldn't even go near the car, which is where tossing the kibble away really makes a difference. Within about six goes she was taking the mince off the sill of the car and about four after that, she was jumping into the car and staying there (with lots of mince as a reward) until released.
As always, you have to try to fade the lure ASAP, so after a couple of goes of her jumping in, I just pretended to throw the mince in, then fed her once she was in.
I'll have to repeat this over and over to build a solid positive association, but it's a super powerful concept.

Back to the original thread, how lovely, and well done Red! It's nice when someone appreciates the hard work that has given rise to good behaviour, when so many people just think you have an intrinsically good dog!
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