Raven’s in the Dog House
Raven really pushed my buttons today.
I am training her to do heel the Silvia Trkman way. Or trying anyway. This is my first go at this method, but for Dobies, who are natural crabbers, this seems like an excellent way to go.
Well, Raven doesn’t like going around in circles. Actually, Raven doesn’t do anything that Raven doesn’t like to do. We haven’t even gotten as far as Raven going around in circles anyway. But she is already bored with this whole game. So today, she offered the behavior a few times then yawned and decided to lie down and/or sit in one spot and do nothing but stare at me! I walked around the whole back yard. Around her, and even stood behind her, and she wouldn’t move! She had a smirk on her face and refused to offer any more behaviors, and I had MEAT!
Boy was she surprised when I told her that was fine if she didn’t want to work and I put her in the house and brought Dudley out. She body slammed the door and Dudley did very well, thank you very much, and ate all the meat as he excelled at what I wanted HER to do.
After dinner, later on, she had the nerve to think I would play fetch with her at her request. No, I would not. I ignored her, so she put the toy right in my lap as I sat on my patio chair, and she sat in front of me huffing and puffing as if I was making life hard for her. Well, I ignored all that. I realized I’ve been giving into way too many of her demands. And with a dog like Raven, bright and pushy, that’s not good. So for now, Raven’s so in the dog house.
This is a good video, too, for teaching the pivot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsvNvK8T1z8&playnext=1&list=PLEA1339D41C7D1B66
I have just ordered Silvia’s heeling video. Waiting for its arrival. Celeste Meade also has a good video on teaching the pivot on a box on her website. I attended one of Celeste’s seminars and learned her technique then. She just uses it for turns. I will be interested to see how Silvia takes the concept farther. I am also doing SG’s recaller’s course. See that you did it last time too. Hope it helps me lots.
I downloaded Silvia Trkman’s heeling video on Tuesday night, so it was finished when I woke up on Wednesday. I watched it yesterday and am inspired again. I was doing too much luring, when I shouldn’t be doing any. That’s one thing I didn’t like about the second YouTube video I posted here. I was stuck, now I’m unstuck. 🙂 Susan Garrett’s Recaller’s class is motivating just to work everyday, and the info is above and all local classes. I will check into Celeste Meade’s website. I haven’t heard of her. 🙂