ok, I'll try upping the food reward. At this point she knows what I want, she just ignores the command. The more she ignores me and gets away with it, the more she learns she "can" get away with it. If I don't stop this now, it will be harder to break down the line.
Anytime I let her meet another dog, I'm setting her up to fail. It might mean that she does not get to see a dog until I can get her in training. Last night I felt frustration more than anything else and removed both of us from the situation.
I made an appointment for 12 days from now with a trainer. I could not get in any sooner. I'm not sure what to do in the interim other than keep looking for another trainer.
I have never been stern with her. I may try some different voice inflections today and see if I can bring her around. One thing is clear, she's out of control at times and that's not pleasurable for anyone.
One thing I have noticed. When I give her a command, it sometimes takes a second for her to process it. I say it once and wait... I can almost see her trying to figure out what I want, or asking if I really mean it, then she does it. That time for her to mentally process the command may be interrupted by her own desires when in such an excited state. In other words, the command may be getting lost in the mental process when she's gone bonkers.
In mild distractions outside, like in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obHhqMw6dpw
she does a good job. Past that distraction level it's chaos. I think I will test her today and see at what minimal distraction point she fails and back off a bit. Get her solid there when I raise the distraction bar slightly, then increase the distraction level and use higher value food rewards and see if voice inflections do any good at all. I'm at a lost at this point and not seeing any improvement at all which is my fault not hers.
When do I train? Morning , afternoon or night? Do I take her for a walk or run before the training? One thing I think I have been doing wrong is feeding her before training and I'll correct that today.
Anytime I let her meet another dog, I'm setting her up to fail. It might mean that she does not get to see a dog until I can get her in training. Last night I felt frustration more than anything else and removed both of us from the situation.
I made an appointment for 12 days from now with a trainer. I could not get in any sooner. I'm not sure what to do in the interim other than keep looking for another trainer.
I have never been stern with her. I may try some different voice inflections today and see if I can bring her around. One thing is clear, she's out of control at times and that's not pleasurable for anyone.
One thing I have noticed. When I give her a command, it sometimes takes a second for her to process it. I say it once and wait... I can almost see her trying to figure out what I want, or asking if I really mean it, then she does it. That time for her to mentally process the command may be interrupted by her own desires when in such an excited state. In other words, the command may be getting lost in the mental process when she's gone bonkers.
In mild distractions outside, like in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obHhqMw6dpw
she does a good job. Past that distraction level it's chaos. I think I will test her today and see at what minimal distraction point she fails and back off a bit. Get her solid there when I raise the distraction bar slightly, then increase the distraction level and use higher value food rewards and see if voice inflections do any good at all. I'm at a lost at this point and not seeing any improvement at all which is my fault not hers.
When do I train? Morning , afternoon or night? Do I take her for a walk or run before the training? One thing I think I have been doing wrong is feeding her before training and I'll correct that today.