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Forrest Micke
Forrest Micke

November 16, 2015 at 10:55am

Post all Module 4 questions as replies to this thread. Thanks!

Benjamin Martinez
Benjamin

November 16, 2015 at 8:21pm

This is my first interactive class, where do we watch the past live chats?

Karen Craig
Karen

November 17, 2015 at 4:36am

The module 2 one is in a topic on the discussion thread just with the title "m" 

Module 3 isn't up at time of posting but keep an eye on the discussion tab for a thre topic. 

I think Module 1 link was in a topic called Live Chat in the discussion tab

Karen Craig
Karen

November 17, 2015 at 4:37am

https://university.leerburg.com/Post/viewTopic/courseid/85/topicid/15904/page/1

 

Ahh there you go. A link to the first one..I think!

Benjamin Martinez
Benjamin

November 17, 2015 at 11:22am

sweet, thanks. 

Emily Stoddard
Emily

November 17, 2015 at 9:38pm

Must we put eye contact on cue? 

Leanne Smith
Leanne

November 18, 2015 at 3:38am

Not a question but a comment.  Has anyone else noticed a change in their dogs outside the training session (or even actually in).  Dyson has taken to just coming and standing in front of me like  - we going to do something? are we?  really.......can we......huh?  

Sorry - it turned out to be a question after all.

So Forrest it seem that 'pushiness' you talk about as a positive can find its way into a pushiness outside training times.  Love it - he's obviously enjoying the sessions (and the food) : )

Maelyn Draper
Maelyn

November 18, 2015 at 6:48am

Leanne - yes. Tango does seem to be more pushy these past couple of weeks, and I also love it :)

Question about the eye contact game. I teach classes at my club to "everyday" dogs, and I teach a game like the eye contact game when I take a lower level class. What do you do when you have a dog that is too distracted by everything else that's going on (the other people and other dogs mostly) that they never look at their handler? My guess would be to take a step back and work more on engagement?

Benjamin Martinez
Benjamin

November 18, 2015 at 11:04am

I say eliminate the distractions until they have a solid foundation.  Wish there was a dog club in my area of west Texas... I needs more distractions :\

Maelyn Draper
Maelyn

November 18, 2015 at 4:29pm

Ben - that's not always possible at the club. We usually have 7-8 classes of 10-12 dogs each in one big paddock (you would have seen the paddock in Cheryl and Mya's video from last week). So there's not always space to really spread everyone out (and some dogs are distracted despite the extra distance).

If you're after more distractions, take your dog down to the oval on a Sat morning while people are playing sport, or outside a dog park, or outside a hardware store or shopping centre!

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