New arrivals for training
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arwesa
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Re: New arrivals for training
robert, given the dogs issues were probably caused by the owners (unless it was a rescue), how long do you expect the dog to remain 'good' for, or do they get some 'conditioning' too before they leave? I wonder about behavioural things that are established with a dog and if theyre 'reprogrammed' by another person, when they return to the situation with the owner does the original action not resurface unless things change?.... much like a dog that recalls to one owner but not the other
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As a handler, its impossible to make your dog perform better than it is, but very easy to make it perform far worse.
As a handler, its impossible to make your dog perform better than it is, but very easy to make it perform far worse.
Re: New arrivals for training
This one is not a rescue!, and even if it was?> it would not matter (imo).arwesa wrote:robert, given the dogs issues were probably caused by the owners (unless it was a rescue), how long do you expect the dog to remain 'good' for, or do they get some 'conditioning' too before they leave? I wonder about behavioural things that are established with a dog and if theyre 'reprogrammed' by another person, when they return to the situation with the owner does the original action not resurface unless things change?.... much like a dog that recalls to one owner but not the other
The dog would remain 'good', for as long as the envoirment was constant!....
The conditioning', is done here, then practiced elsewhere.
The owners are shown the conditioning , and more importantly for me ,as the trainer!..they are given the full film footage of how that conditioning was achieved .They can always look back ,at any moment in that conditioning, on how that was achieved,and the processes that were succesful.
The owners get around 1 1/2 - 2hours when they collect the dog ,to do these new acts ,by way of proofing the conditioning with them ,in this envoirment.
I howevr have no control over the behaviour of the owners in their own envoirment
The fact that they have asked for training however is in some way an indication that they are looking for help and are willing to accept change to the situation they have already?
Often , there are customers who embrace the changes and results as a miracle , and expect the dog to have had a new part fitted by the mechanic?
But more often they see that the dog they had before is not the dog they have now, and they are determined to have the results of the labour and expense to be worthwhile