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| Snoozy Piper post longe line session this afternoon |
Hi Roxanne & Jessi,
I've come up for air from work for the afternoon (the rest of the week will be hectic while I wrap up my largest clients and then it should all be quiet again) and thought I'd catch up the blog and get in a quiet time and longe line. Btw... I think there were a slew more posts on the old blog than on this one and I replied to the only one I'd not yet read.
I'm running into a few challenges that I need to clarify before the next session, which I can realistically commit to happening on 1/29. That gives us all next week to practice hard. I really should have waited to start until after year end was done and I could give each day sufficient dedicated time. My apologies again for the temporary start-stop dance.
1. Whenever I put a leash on her she needs to poop at least once or twice, within 5-10 minutes. My horse Sundance does the same thing as soon as he receives the bit. Trying to keep her in quiet time before she gets to poop is proving quite challenging even without distractions. We didn't have this issue in our first session because I'd let her run and empty out before we came to your house. I'm fine with not using her e-collar to let her run until after the course, but can I at least give her a loose leash casual walk for 5-10 minutes before we start the training? Then bring her back for quiet time and longe line work? I suspect we'll have much better focus and success once she's empty.
2. When on a longe line.... I watched Roxanne release her to a loose leash walk but I didn't hear a command to let her know the difference between controlled walking and casual walking. Theoretically, she is focused on my feet not my hands, so how does she know which mode we are in? I know we are supposed to stay silent so I'm a little confused how to transition her between the two modes.
That's it so far. She's doing really well walking the longe line on the bike path. Today we tried a nice smelly farm access road and she got overwhelmed by scents and confused with me switching modes back and forth on her.
Thanks for your patience and guidance and I'm looking forward to passing the week 1 exam on the 29th!
Kellie
Do you have a check cord, at least 30'? Any rope will do. Use that to take her out on to do her business. You want the leash and Longe Line equipment to put her into 'work mode'. If you need a link to purchase a ck cord, let me know. Otherwise, just utilize an old thicker piece of rope and put a snap bolt on one end and simply tie a knot on the other end.
ReplyDeleteHow does the dog know when it is Longe Line time and when it is Cool-Down time when both are done on the Longe Line? Your body positions tell her.
Longe Line is done when your hands are in 'Ready Position'.
The Longe Line shifts into a neutral piece of equipment when the handler has the Longe Line in Cool-Down position.
Yes, we are not only teaching the learning dog to 'read our feet', but to 'read our body.' The dogs' 🌎 is based on their language which is body language. They 'read' all of that communication in nano seconds. So we are training the dog to pay ATTENTION TO THEIR hANDLER AT ALL TIMES NO MATTER WHAT IS HAPPENING. At the same time, we are training muscle memory, their confidence in trusting you, and comprehension of the KMODT language. There is a LOT happening all at once.
Make sense?
Made perfect sense. Thank you. I gave her a short walk with her old black horse leash. Got her to do her business, then took her out to my backyard for quiet time at 3pm. It helped enough that we made it a whole 45 imperfect minutes in quiet time...
DeleteI chose the backyard in front of the goats, horse, cat and chickens, because they are moderately distracting for her. She sat for the first 10 minutes, reacting to the cat and then a passing UTV. At 3:15 she finally laid down and settled. About 15 min later she got up changed positions, scratched her bed and laid back down. I didn't reset the clock. The last 5 minutes she sat up looked at me, gave me the bored whine while I looked in the other direction, then laid back down and briefly quietly whined. At 3:45 I called it we set out on longe line work. Far from perfect but definite progress.
Very good thinking Kellie.
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