Dog training ?

[hoyt]

have ben working the dog on doubles and triples and evertime i send her on one of the birds she picks it up runs to the next drops it, picks that one up, and then runs to the next drops it picks that one up and comes back. How do i get her to just do one at a time?

[titleistpro2]

ahhhh...yes. dog training, my favorite topic.

What you need to do is ingrain in her that priority #1 is to bring something to your hand. I use treats when I am starting out on retrieving so that they can't wait to get to your hand.

Another thing to try would be to use a long line (30' rope or whatever) and everytime she picks up one training dummy tell her "come" or "here" or whatever your word is and then yank on the long line and bring her all the way to heel position. Pretty soon she should associate that once she hears your command she can come your way and avoid the yank.

Good luck and don't get frustrated...how old is your dog?

[corybdesign]

try spreading the bumpers farther apart and turning it so it is lined on one and the others r in drastically different directions.

[KotaYellowDog]

First off if your dog isnt doing double DO NOT DO TRIPLES, your teaching that dog bad habits. Are you using an Ecollar?? if your dog knows here and does singles fine as soon as it picks the bumper up start shouting here, get there attention move around wave your arms get them to come back!! I would work on singles, if your successful do a double. but do it it as two singles, THEN and only then do it as a double

[KKarloff]

SIMPLIFY!! What I mean by that is if you dont already have one go out and buy a 30 foot check cord and just start your session with a few singles and get her used to the cord. When she is solid on the singles and is ready for doubles throw the bumper in the direction you have thrown all the singles. Then turn 180 degrees and throw the next bumper that way. Do not throw it past 30 feet so you can hold the cord then when she retrieves the first bumper guide her back to you using the cord and turn and send her to the second bumper doing the same thing. Go over this for a few days then start to shorten the distance of the second bumper to about 90 degrees and so on. Dont do to much to fast take your time and get her doing what you want. Keep her on that cord so you can control her and she will pick it up just keep at it. Triples are not necessary at this stage keep it simple and make she she always successful. Hope this helps!! Good luck ... Kody

[hoyt]

she just turned 2 and was doing them fine then about a month ago this started, just kind of annoying

[mikeller3]

I had something like that happen with my first dog. I am no expert but here is how i solved it without excessive force or burning the daylights out of the dog.

First, go to you local hardware store/marina/hunting, boating, camping store and buy 100' of neoprene rope. Tie a clasp on the end and you have the cheepest longest check cord in America. Then comes a really good strong single. I mean perfect. Out and back no playing around, if that is not happening get her to that point first. Use the check cord and a flat buckle collar (properly fit) to guide the dog thru the single. Switch to a choke collar if needed to get a high drive dogs attention. (remember the e-collar is for reinforcing the commands and actions once they are learned do not over shock you dog.)

Then once your singles are perfact you can move to doubles.

Start about 90 degrees apart throw the first one. Face the dog in the other direction and throw the second one. send her for the second one first, when she comes back send her for the first one. Use the check cord to controll the dog. Also, when you throw the second one don't throw it out as far as you threw the first and that will also help.

good luck and let me know how that works for you.

[mikeller3]

p.s. Where is alma?

[hoyt]

just north of lacrosse on the river