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Location: Virtual Showground
Joined: Aug 2006
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Is it possible to take some video at training ?
Not just of him but with you in view as well so we can offer suggestions on motivating him a bit more or see what`s keeping his pace back if it`s just down to timing etc ?
[ So long as we would`nt be stepping on your trainers toes of course
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Many dogs though while learning do tend to be very steady about it because they have a lot to concentrate on what with sorting their own strides and angles as well as concentrating on the handler, especially if the handler is still learning too, [ as opposed to already very experienced so fine tuning at training if you see what I mean ].
If the handler is not 100% confident in themselves and in their dog, the dog won`t be completely confident either so that can make them work slower than they are capable of - but once the confidence is there between both halves of the team the speed tends to switch on like a turbo booster
One like that at my club is a Border Terrier - she did everything at one speed and one only, but her handler was always looking back or sideways at her dog instead of looking to where she wanted to send her on so her body language all the time was `blocking` because it changed her shoulder angle every time so the dog did`nt know which way she was going to be sent, which meant the dog was always waiting for `confirmation` of each cue.
Once her handler was more confident in her own footwork and signals though, and me not letting her keep looking back at her dog - that`s my job as her instructor to watch for what her dog is or isn`t responding too
- her dog soon got more confident in her, was able to `read` her better, and frankly did`nt want to be left behind while her owner ran off ahead when I told her to `race race race`
so when it all came together, little`uns `turbo` literally switched on one day and has stayed switched on ever since