Post by Ghost on Mar 4, 2010 17:21:27 GMT -5
I have been working with Belle a little bit. But I am having a few issues. I was wondering if you You might be able to help me out with some advice? Belle has a tendency, while sitting, to roll onto her hip. She is not sitting on her back legs like I would like. I have never dealt with this. I have seen other labs do this but I am not sure how the owner corrected this problem. Also I am using a check cord, while she is retrieving, and I am having trouble getting her to come to me. She wants to do her own thing and run way off to the side with the bumper. I use the check cord to bring her back to me and have her heel and drop the bumper for me. Even when she is off of the cord, when I ask her to come, she is slow to respond. She is very stubborn and gets very reluctant to do anything if she is corrected. I realize that she is just a pup and is only 18 weeks old, but I want to get these problems addressed and eventually get them corrected.
This is what I am doing for the problem with Belle when she rolls onto her hip while sitting. When I have her sit and I see that she has rolled onto her hip, I correct her by putting her (back of her legs) under her so that she is not sitting on the hip. I am making some ground but I am wondering if there is a better method for correcting this. As for the reluctance to come. When I have her hooked up to the check cord and she swings way to the outside of me while retrieving the bumper, I pull her back to me while saying "come Belle". Once I get her back to me I have her heel and drop the bumper. When Belle is not on the check cord I will ask her to come to me and she will either be very slow to respond or not at all. I have done some obedience training in the house and backyard and I use treats while doing this. When I use the treats I do get her to come and her responses on everything else, excluding the command come, is excellent. But the response to the command , come, can be very slow at times. I have noticed that if I elevate my voice or get upset with her, Belle will get REALLY stubborn and refuse to do anything.
My next tactic for getting her to retrieve directly to me is to get her in our hallway and have her fetch the bumper. So, the only option she would have is to return the bumper to me. But the "come" command, I am a little lost on. I have never dealt with a lab that was reluctant or slow to respond to this command.
Belle seems to have an independent and stubborn personality.
I am by no means a great trainer and would greatly appreciate some advice if possible.
This is what I am doing for the problem with Belle when she rolls onto her hip while sitting. When I have her sit and I see that she has rolled onto her hip, I correct her by putting her (back of her legs) under her so that she is not sitting on the hip. I am making some ground but I am wondering if there is a better method for correcting this. As for the reluctance to come. When I have her hooked up to the check cord and she swings way to the outside of me while retrieving the bumper, I pull her back to me while saying "come Belle". Once I get her back to me I have her heel and drop the bumper. When Belle is not on the check cord I will ask her to come to me and she will either be very slow to respond or not at all. I have done some obedience training in the house and backyard and I use treats while doing this. When I use the treats I do get her to come and her responses on everything else, excluding the command come, is excellent. But the response to the command , come, can be very slow at times. I have noticed that if I elevate my voice or get upset with her, Belle will get REALLY stubborn and refuse to do anything.
My next tactic for getting her to retrieve directly to me is to get her in our hallway and have her fetch the bumper. So, the only option she would have is to return the bumper to me. But the "come" command, I am a little lost on. I have never dealt with a lab that was reluctant or slow to respond to this command.
Belle seems to have an independent and stubborn personality.
I am by no means a great trainer and would greatly appreciate some advice if possible.