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I already said in the call, but we’ve stolen Alex this weekend!
Indications Progress
Have been experimenting with my thoughts on sequencing these from my last post. I've moved from the floor to the chair. She's doing well and is very rarely trying to pick the key up now. I am swapping from the key being on the floor to on the chair and back on the floor as she wasn't quite understanding that the key was the important piece of the puzzle. She was trying to just indicate on anything (or nothing, which is hilarious). Here's a few clips.
Indications Progress
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@Holly Pearson Haha, I’ve just accepted that everything I own will become dogified Really need to start teaching a scent indication with Kairo - I’ve been trying to get on a course, but we’ve been on the waitlist for 18+ months
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@Holly Pearson Hmmm, yeah, raw meat is not ideal I’m not sure tbh, but not a bark, Kairo has an annoying high-pitched bark lol
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That looks beautiful!
Days 107-109
I’m still suspicious of Kairo’s new brain cells and lowkey expecting them to leave again lol. Fingers crossed for permanent brain wrinkles! On Friday, Kairo came along to trainers’ training. It was a busy session, so we were training emergency stop alongside 8 other (unknown to Kairo) dogs. She was distracted to start with, but regained focus and worked well. Plus, we had the 3rd best stop in the competition at the end! Yesterday, I booked out the clubroom to work on a few bits with both dogs (although Amigo was mainly there to distract Kairo). Kairo is down to 4 cones on her wide circle, so we’re getting close to fading those out! Today the beach was pretty much empty, so Kairo and I practiced some obedience. She was able to accomplish a few stints heel free and novice recall without getting distracted! A random guy came over and asked whether his elderly greyhound could say hello to Kairo, which was fine. Kairo tried her best to make friends, but the greyhound was rather confused by the small kangaroo. Eventually, Kairo decided to be friends with the human instead lol. Overall a successful interaction, as it’s good for her to learn that not every dog wants to play.
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Ohhhhhh, I love Michael !! I could have done with him telling me this earlier tho. A little golden nugget here https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1J4LWGRQJb/
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I’m always interested in how people use their markers! I’d say it depends on how/what you’ve trained beforehand too. Amigo spent years being told to look at me, so he’s more likely to get ‘stuck’ after a yes marker. Kairo, on the other hand, learned distance and face out behaviours from the start, so she’ll reorient to me for her treat then offer the behaviour again.
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Amigo (German Pinscher) and Kairo (Hungarian Vizsla)

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