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My next step with my pup is the stop attack.
I train this in the following manner:
1) I find a place with a clear "path" between trees, that's 75 - 100 meters long and two or three meters wide. The dog is with me at heel at the begining of this "hallway". The decoy appears at the end (100 mts away), I send the dog, the decoy disappears, I call the dog back at about 10 mts, and lightly correct him back to me.
2) I use a longer line (in the same place), and now I enlist the help of friends and a tennis net at the end of the path, before getting to the decoy. If the dog does not recall, the net comes up near-"ish" the decoy. Then I do stuff to proof when the net is no longer there.
...but y'all get the gist of what I do.
I would appreciate critique and/or suggestions for the "teaching" phase.
I train this in the following manner:
1) I find a place with a clear "path" between trees, that's 75 - 100 meters long and two or three meters wide. The dog is with me at heel at the begining of this "hallway". The decoy appears at the end (100 mts away), I send the dog, the decoy disappears, I call the dog back at about 10 mts, and lightly correct him back to me.
2) I use a longer line (in the same place), and now I enlist the help of friends and a tennis net at the end of the path, before getting to the decoy. If the dog does not recall, the net comes up near-"ish" the decoy. Then I do stuff to proof when the net is no longer there.
...but y'all get the gist of what I do.
I would appreciate critique and/or suggestions for the "teaching" phase.