You'll never believe what I found in an old thread! The most amazing
thing! Dogman actually getting specific with advice. For this post,
Dogman, you get a gold star! It's worth reposting so here it is:

Training with distractions is an obedience-training term, and
essentially it means putting your dog into as many "real world"
situations as you can possibly imagine, and then reinforcing the
training you've already given your dog, but doing it again in many
different "real world" situations.

For example, you manage to train your dog to come to you reliably
inside your house. Good! But does this mean she'll reliably come to
you in the backyard? No! Does this mean she'll reliably come to you in
the park, with squirrels everywhere she looks? No! Does this mean that
she'll reliably come to you when you're at the beach, and there are
other dogs playing? No! Etc.

So you have to REPEAT the training in those other "real world"
environments, until you've PROOFED her training in as many different
situations as you're likely to occur in the "real world."

Good luck!

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"Sharon Delarose" wrote in message
...
You'll never believe what I found in an old thread! The most amazing
thing! Dogman actually getting specific with advice. For this post,
Dogman, you get a gold star! It's worth reposting so here it is:

Training with distractions is an obedience-training term, and
essentially it means putting your dog into as many "real world"
situations as you can possibly imagine, and then reinforcing the
training you've already given your dog, but doing it again in many
different "real world" situations.

For example, you manage to train your dog to come to you reliably
inside your house. Good! But does this mean she'll reliably come to
you in the backyard? No! Does this mean she'll reliably come to you in
the park, with squirrels everywhere she looks? No! Does this mean that
she'll reliably come to you when you're at the beach, and there are
other dogs playing? No! Etc.

So you have to REPEAT the training in those other "real world"
environments, until you've PROOFED her training in as many different
situations as you're likely to occur in the "real world."

Good luck!

--
Dogman

Yup. Almost verbatim from Kohler's old book of dog training.
http://www.amazon.com/Koehler-Method...tag=dogpile-20
http://leerburg.com/philosophy.htm
http://www.professorshouse.com/pets/...-training.aspx

Paul and Muttley

In article ,
"Paul E. Schoen" wrote:

Yup. Almost verbatim from Kohler's old book of dog training.
http://www.amazon.com/Koehler-Method...tag=dogpile-20
http://leerburg.com/philosophy.htm
http://www.professorshouse.com/pets/...-training.aspx

Paul and Muttley

Leerburg, I've actually read quite a few articles on his site. In my
quest for knowledge to ensure that our two-dog household is a success,
I've been out soaking up tidbits from hither and yon.

I don't choose a person and follow them A-Z that their way is the be-all
end-all, such as doing it Cesar's Way or Victoria's Way or the Leerburg
way. I try to learn from all of them, as they all have special wisdom
that differs from each other.

I don't think we're going to have an aggression problem between the two,
as I'm lording over as Queen of the Realm and leading the pack where I
want it to go. All the signs between the two dogs are very positive but
I remain very watchful and I guide them in their journey together.

Sierra has snatched biscuits right out from under Dakota's nose and got
no reaction. I ensure that Dakota understands that I will keep things
fair in the pack so if Sierra does succeed in snagging something special
that was meant for Dakota, I go get her another one. Dakota can trust
me to ensure that she doesn't lose her happy place and can look to me to
lead a harmonious way.

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On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:10:25 -0400, Sharon Delarose
wrote:

You'll never believe what I found in an old thread! The most amazing
thing! Dogman actually getting specific with advice. For this post,
Dogman, you get a gold star! It's worth reposting so here it is[...]

You'll find thousands of posts just like that one, Sharon.

Mmy posts go back a long way here.

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Dogman

On Sat, 9 Oct 2010 04:27:24 -0400, "Paul E. Schoen"
wrote:

"Sharon Delarose" wrote in message
...
You'll never believe what I found in an old thread! The most amazing
thing! Dogman actually getting specific with advice. For this post,
Dogman, you get a gold star! It's worth reposting so here it is:

Training with distractions is an obedience-training term, and
essentially it means putting your dog into as many "real world"
situations as you can possibly imagine, and then reinforcing the
training you've already given your dog, but doing it again in many
different "real world" situations.

For example, you manage to train your dog to come to you reliably
inside your house. Good! But does this mean she'll reliably come to
you in the backyard? No! Does this mean she'll reliably come to you in
the park, with squirrels everywhere she looks? No! Does this mean that
she'll reliably come to you when you're at the beach, and there are
other dogs playing? No! Etc.

So you have to REPEAT the training in those other "real world"
environments, until you've PROOFED her training in as many different
situations as you're likely to occur in the "real world."

Good luck!

--
Dogman

Yup. Almost verbatim from Kohler's old book of dog training.
http://www.amazon.com/Koehler-Method...tag=dogpile-20
http://leerburg.com/philosophy.htm
http://www.professorshouse.com/pets/...-training.aspx

It's pretty close to what every good book will tell you about
obedience training.

Unfortunately, a dog doesn't get trained because his owner happened to
read a book. He gets trained beacuse his owner actually TRAINED him.

It's that last part that you never seem to get around to doing.

You read, you talk, but you never DO.

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Dogman

On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:47:28 -0400, Dogman wrote:

I don't choose a person and follow them A-Z that their way is the be-all
end-all

But there are certain methods that must be followed "from A-Z" if the
method is to work properly.

You do understand that, right?

You wouldn't build a house without first building a firm foundation,
would you?

No, don't answer that question.

I think I can guess what your answer would be, if I lived long enough
for you to get to it.

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Dogman