tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663318040255442389.post5930368991506412021..comments2023-08-16T10:47:46.404-04:00Comments on Agility Addict: Three thousand, six hundred and fifty sevenandreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911146116540091798noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663318040255442389.post-85476407756654350132011-02-26T20:02:05.250-05:002011-02-26T20:02:05.250-05:00Thanks - more chapters will follow I promise ;)
C...Thanks - more chapters will follow I promise ;)<br /><br />Catalina - thanks for finding your way here - and posting. Until I got to a competent place with shaping I pretty much left Brody alone - he ignored crates entirely and I never crated him (a royal pain at agility for sure - but he will lie quietly in the car or in a chair - at 11 pounds I had a few options larger dogs don't get) <br /><br />When Sally came along I was determined to crate train a dog properly so I shaped her to go into crates .. she'd look at the crate I'd mark the look and reward .. she'd step toward the crate I'd mark and reward - because she had NO association with crates good or bad I'd toss her treat into the back of the crate (much as I did with the foster puppy over the holiday). It wasn't a quick process as I had lots I was working on with Sally but Brody HATES me working other dogs - he doesn't bark but he does push in if he thinks he can. One day Sally and I were shaping crates and I tossed the treat in the crate - Brody CHARGED in grabbed the treat and pretty much told me he was ready to retrain for crates!! So I shaped him to enter crates - much larger than the standard crate a dog his size would use. (I still crate him in a crate large enough Sally could use it very comfortably - people at trials get peeved - he is a small dog after all- but I just smile and continue to use his crate) <br />Since that day I have shaped many many dogs who weren't crate fans to tolerate a crate. They don't love them but they can be safely enclosed if needed. The key for me has not been bribing but waiting for something positive I can mark and reward. Our foster aussie Gus was pretty sure she was never going to willingly go in a crate. It took 75 pices of a treat (tiny) and one day of 4 sessions of about 5 minutes each time for her to be happy and confident enough to enter a crate by choice - stay in it with the door open or closed and need to be called out of it. In her forever home now she is crated happily every day!andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911146116540091798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663318040255442389.post-80155068445691229962011-02-26T19:31:01.230-05:002011-02-26T19:31:01.230-05:00What a very sweet story. So sad, but so beautiful...What a very sweet story. So sad, but so beautiful with a great happy ending!<br />I was just wondering what kind of training did you do to get Brody over his fear of crates?<br />My dog had a horrible experience when I first brought her home - I didn't know anything about training and did everything wrong :(<br />I haven't used a crate with her since then. At our agility class they wanted her crated, but she had a panic attack/flipped out (which is not at all normal for her). How do you do agility and not crate? It seems like that is a requirement for a lot of agility classes.Kiyi Kiyihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318930293008856026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663318040255442389.post-53443266226734943442011-01-23T23:47:23.224-05:002011-01-23T23:47:23.224-05:00That is such a beautiful tribute to your boy! So ...That is such a beautiful tribute to your boy! So well written and heartfelt. I didn't know all of that stuff about him and would certainly enjoy reading another chapter or two or ten :-)Muttsandaklutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551047401085562752noreply@blogger.com