Glove games with videos

 Glove game #1

Glove game #2

Glove game #3 indoors

Video #1 --outside in yard. . .on lead.  I should have paid him for that first (half-ass) down!   He bucked a little after that . . .and I was waiting for a perfect down.  


Video#2   outisde in yard, on lead.  Again I should pay him for these half-ass down's!  He is improving.  If I did NOT have him on lead, he would grab the glove and run off with it!


Video#3 Hid potholder article in bedroom past the bathroom.  He is so afraid of the bathroom (he remembers getting a bath in there as a pup).  This video was the 3rd video. . .he really did NOT want to go by the bathroom, so after 2 "refusals" I gave him some sweet talk and helped him a little.  Finally successful and runs with his treasure into living room.  


Question:  is picking up the article and prancing away ok?  Just beginning training as this point.    Is he going to do this on the track?


Comments

  1. JudiDecember 11, 2024 at 9:53 AM

    Definite progress! Proud he could resolve the conflict with the indoor glove—that was hard, and I love the way he solved it (pick it up and take it away from the scary place). Keep it up! He’s proving that training works!

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  2. Jack's JourneyDecember 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM

    love your calm demeanor, love that you are waiting him out with your mouth shut, rewards are well timed. big strong boy afraid of the bathroom - hysterical! but he worked it out, carried it away THEN did his down! keep playing these games!!

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  3. JenDecember 13, 2024 at 10:40 AM

    Love these - what a good boy! He is clearly making progress and giving the look of "pay up!" :)

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