I don't get this, LOL.
J and I decided that Auggie should be target trained to try and help him stop blowing off the table - when he's running at 16 and the table is taller, it's not a problem, but when he's at 12 (where he should be) he has a tendancy to not ease up and slide right off the table, or hop onto it then hop off.
So help me out... I bought one of those Kong puppy frisbees because it's a good size (I was first using one of those little can covers and I was having a problem seeing if he'd actually put his paw on it when he was a distance from me) and flexible. He gets the "go touch" idea - go find the spot and touch it with his paw.
How do I start using this for other things?! I want to also use this idea to help re-train his a-frame contact if I can, and of course we want to use it on the table... but I just don't understand what I'm doing. Should I start by setting up a jump and having him jump then go to the target..? Then what?
Help please - I don't think any of my Jane Simmons-Moake books talk about targetting in depth and how to use it for training in agility, so I'm up the creek. => TIA!
J and I decided that Auggie should be target trained to try and help him stop blowing off the table - when he's running at 16 and the table is taller, it's not a problem, but when he's at 12 (where he should be) he has a tendancy to not ease up and slide right off the table, or hop onto it then hop off.
So help me out... I bought one of those Kong puppy frisbees because it's a good size (I was first using one of those little can covers and I was having a problem seeing if he'd actually put his paw on it when he was a distance from me) and flexible. He gets the "go touch" idea - go find the spot and touch it with his paw.
How do I start using this for other things?! I want to also use this idea to help re-train his a-frame contact if I can, and of course we want to use it on the table... but I just don't understand what I'm doing. Should I start by setting up a jump and having him jump then go to the target..? Then what?
Help please - I don't think any of my Jane Simmons-Moake books talk about targetting in depth and how to use it for training in agility, so I'm up the creek. => TIA!