Anyway, it's what I do and it's highly effective when done with a skilled KMODT handler/trainer.
Week 1 LL and Hannah gets corrected STAUNCHLY for refusing to learn to keep LL out of her mouth.
Case in point, Hannah had only 3 days of such introductions and then yesterday was the Demo Dog for the ILL. I needed to LL her BETWEEN TWO unruly young dogs, one dog she knew VERY well, to get Hannah inside my training area. Get this, Hannah, knew they were BOTH there, on BOTH sides of her, within 15' and yet, Hannah, remained in the Safety Zone. We did this tunnel twice and although she saw them, she NEVER moved towards them at all. Food for thought, food for thought.
Week 2:
Well, this isn't the first time I've had to compress and accelerate the FC for a field bred Lab, but it IS the first time I've had to accelerate the FC for a young dog, named Hannah, NOT EVEN 5 MONTHS OLD. Case in point, when I met Kimber the first time and we did ILL, she was a handful, but we got through it. The next week was Week 1 LL in an open field and Kimber was so jacked up, I finally, said, "I am going to do what I've never done before and that's work this dog on Week 2 material BEFORE she has completed the Week 1 EXAM." What that meant is the RATT, the shaping of the Sits, the RT and LTT AND the "Out!".
Hannah has been dogmatic in that she believes she CAN and WILL hold and pull and tug on the LL while working. Despite my best efforts to head her off from doing so, this week I added the "OUT!" and a sharp yank when she did so. Cannot let her chew through a LL and be gone as her Recall isn't strong yet. Today, she got ALL JACKED UP AGAIN, as there were multiple collar corrections for her on LL (she attributes the corrections to the LL) so she attacked the LL.
Nothing worked so finally pulled out all the stops, did a staunch "OUT!" + taking her into the sky. She was shocked but shook it off and pulled her same stunt again so she earned a repeat of my staunch "OUT!" and going towards the sky. Well, that caused her to rethink the error of her ways and although she THOUGHT about repeating her mouth on LL again, I told her quietly, "out" and she backed off. She didn't make that mistake again with me, however, she was more than willing to do so with Jessi.
So, I couched Jessi what to do so Hannah would believe her. Finally, success and we worked her for over an hour solid on LL.
All this to say, when I brought her home with me today, I worked her on Week 2 heeling for nearly 15 minutes + "Wait" @ 6'. Then QT, then another LL session working against planted distractions. She did AWESOME, but let's remember it took the above and over 3 total hours for her to give up on her opinions and get with the program.
Yup, she's a field bred Lab and totally in the wrong household. She's incredibly smart, but oh my does she need boundaries and a VERY firm educated handler.
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Ok. I am glad to see how grim the OUT needs to be. We actually did this tonight in practice and I think she saw that Mom is serious and we had a great time of turn practice.
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Wrong household? :(
New phone camera and I must have inadvertently pushed a button that caused the camera to record in mirror image😲
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