You can’t go wrong with a gun dog and this little shorthaired pointer proves just that. She is a spirited little girl with boundless energy but she is also bright and so when you can get her to focus (that’s the real trick) she learns quickly. She is going to be used as a hunting dog and so her training is being adjusted slightly to compliment that.
Today we mostly worked on not being such a Buffalo on her leash. We put her on a small pinch collar and she immediately realized I was back there trying to talk to her. When in a free walk she makes the mistake of darting to the end of the lead and correcting herself but she is learning to hold herself back more and more. Her Heel command shaped up pretty fast and we are working on her stopping when I stop and not just when she hits the end of the rope. We also started her Implied Stay and her Come (Here!) command. Her biggest hurtle with that is keeping her four feet on the floor when she reaches me.
She spent some time in the house today and was polite once the novelty wore out. She stayed on Place for 15 minutes. More of that practice tomorrow! This should be a fun week and she will learn fast.
Today we mostly worked on not being such a Buffalo on her leash. We put her on a small pinch collar and she immediately realized I was back there trying to talk to her. When in a free walk she makes the mistake of darting to the end of the lead and correcting herself but she is learning to hold herself back more and more. Her Heel command shaped up pretty fast and we are working on her stopping when I stop and not just when she hits the end of the rope. We also started her Implied Stay and her Come (Here!) command. Her biggest hurtle with that is keeping her four feet on the floor when she reaches me.
She spent some time in the house today and was polite once the novelty wore out. She stayed on Place for 15 minutes. More of that practice tomorrow! This should be a fun week and she will learn fast.
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