Dutch Shepherd Forum

Here are some things I've been working on with Madix at home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPSPQc9XAyQ

Here is his latest protection vid - only the 2nd time we ever worked the closed blind...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgU69Su1zk

Very nice! He is a beautiful dog and clearly loves working with you.

Have you considered reaching for the rewards after he does the behavior (mark then get treat) as opposed to before?

leih merigian wrote:Very nice! He is a beautiful dog and clearly loves working with you.

Have you considered reaching for the rewards after he does the behavior (mark then get treat) as opposed to before?

Thank you! He does He is our club's Mama's Boy!

I have alternated between rewards before, rewards after and toy vs treat rewards. He is very uncomfortable in the front position, particularly with the dumbbell so I started with the treats before to give him a place to focus his attention besides being uncomfortable. It seems to have done the job but now that you say that - I apparently have fallen into rewarding the exact same way for all of the other things I ask him to do LOL thanks for pointing that out - I need to start switching it up again!!

Hi Falon,
It seems that I've enrolled in a beginning dog class in Allendale where you've trained with Madix before. Raven is enrolled, but Ceska comes along for the ride and entertainment.

Beechtree wrote:Hi Falon,
It seems that I've enrolled in a beginning dog class in Allendale where you've trained with Madix before. Raven is enrolled, but Ceska comes along for the ride and entertainment.

Oooo are you going to Sharron? She is great! I really like her a lot. I take all my dogs through her beginning classes. If you want to become extremely competitive in agility or something, she is not set up for that but as far as good, solid classes go - I've been very, very pleased. Had my leash reactive Lab, my SAR dog and my reactive Dutchie in there and she is willing to work with them all