Hello!
As I stated in my intro post, I am using my dog Chloe as a practice dog for my future disc dog. So I have been working with her to teach her some of the tricks I see frequently in disc.
So far she is good at rebounds, we are getting better at "backing up" but it is inbetween a scoot and walking backwards, and she has the leg weaves pretty good- just not with the speed or frequency of cues that I would like.
Currently we have been switching up tricks and I have been working on the foot stall with her.
I have been working her on a FitPaws disc to increase core muscles and her balance as well as some rear end awareness work.. she is getting better.
We also have been working on things to lead up to a foot stall, having her hop onto my shins while they are held horizontal above the ground, and having her hop onto my winter boots (larger surface) as well as just basic pedestal work to get her used to standing on smaller objects.
Where we are now:
She is stuck on wanting to be on my shins so even though I have her on the couch with my boots on horizontal to the ground, she wants to crawl over my boots to get on my shins. She looks at me all excited like she completed the task.
Today was actually our best day so far, I got it where she would (sometimes) keep her back feet on my boots and only her front feet on my shins.
Is this good progress? Any suggestions to get her to keep her front feet on my boots too? (She pretty much instantly wraps her feet around the tip of my boot before climbing/getting her back feet on)
Thanks!
As I stated in my intro post, I am using my dog Chloe as a practice dog for my future disc dog. So I have been working with her to teach her some of the tricks I see frequently in disc.
So far she is good at rebounds, we are getting better at "backing up" but it is inbetween a scoot and walking backwards, and she has the leg weaves pretty good- just not with the speed or frequency of cues that I would like.
Currently we have been switching up tricks and I have been working on the foot stall with her.
I have been working her on a FitPaws disc to increase core muscles and her balance as well as some rear end awareness work.. she is getting better.
We also have been working on things to lead up to a foot stall, having her hop onto my shins while they are held horizontal above the ground, and having her hop onto my winter boots (larger surface) as well as just basic pedestal work to get her used to standing on smaller objects.
Where we are now:
She is stuck on wanting to be on my shins so even though I have her on the couch with my boots on horizontal to the ground, she wants to crawl over my boots to get on my shins. She looks at me all excited like she completed the task.
Today was actually our best day so far, I got it where she would (sometimes) keep her back feet on my boots and only her front feet on my shins.
Is this good progress? Any suggestions to get her to keep her front feet on my boots too? (She pretty much instantly wraps her feet around the tip of my boot before climbing/getting her back feet on)
Thanks!