Hi All,

We started training this in the living room and she got it quickly - seems to enjoy it too. This was the first time outside the house at club training last night (Thursday 5 March).

I'm on the floor for two reasons :-)

One - I have torn calf right leg muscle that is healing now but this has resulted in a sore Achilles tendon on my left leg - so my ability to move is limited this week :-)

The other reason was because this was the 'picture' she saw in the living room and in this new environment I wanted her to generalise this 'picture' to this context.

After videoing this activity - the next time I brought her out I stood and said the command she got it then too.

When she first started doing it in the house - I rewarded after the first bark - now I'm trying to get her to bark two or three times and then reward. So to build up the duration. 

I will upload the quiet command later in the week.

Thanks,

Cheryl :-)

Nice work nice pup!!

Thank you Scott :-)

Loved the tug reward for the speak. I have started to try this with my dogs to, but not all of them react on the tug. Great fun to watch your video!

Christina

Thank you Christina :-) Our challenge is the "quiet" command because she is a quiet dog in the house, ute etc.

Cheryl :-)

Nice job Cheryl!

Looks like Quinn has got the idea down!

I would say that I would probably try to work it with food, if possible.  The reasoning is that because of the control elements within tug play, you have the potential to diminish your tug drive itself.  Because of Quinn's age, I would be extra careful when incorporating obedience behaviors into play, making sure to keep your tug drive levels as high as possible.

The two ways around this are either working with food, or strapping Quinn up to a harness and having a helper frustrate her, and then rewarding her with a bite on the tug at the perfect moment.

Just some food for future thoughts!

Thanks, and great job with developing the barking!

Mark

Thanks Mark - helpful feedback :-)