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Old September 5th 04, 07:30 AM
bigdadd39
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Thanks Leah, this is what I originally
tried to do but wasn't working, mostly
because I gave up when Nikki continued
to focus only on the ball. However, I
had a thought and I tried something else
along this line.
I've had the ball up for a couple of
days and took it out and Nikki's eyes
glossed over right away as she focused
on the ball and nothing else. Instead
of letting her have it, I held onto it
and told her to sit and then I would
give it to her which, of course, meant
nothing to her at first. I kept
repeating the command "sit" in a normal
calm voice every 15 - 20 seconds or so.
It took almost 20 minutes to get her to
sit but I wasn't going to give up this
time. After I got her to sit, and after
lot's and lot's of praise, I threw the
ball down the hall for her to chase
which she brought back and her routine
ensued before I got the ball back.
Anyway, I repeated this many times and,
although it still takes some time to get
her to sit (praise, praise, praise) and
then give me the ball back (praise,
praise, praise), it is getting better
and she is getting more responsive. I'm
hoping that with lot's of patient
practice I can eliminate this behavior
and cure her of her ball obsession. Any
other suggestions would be welcome
though.


"Leah" -OFF
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Use the ball as a reward for

obedience. She only gets to play with
it if she
earns it by doing something you ask.

My bc is the same way with frisbees.

It won't be easy to focus her at first,
because she'll be so obsessed by the

ball. But don't give in. If she won't
focus, put the ball away, take it out

later and try again.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:

http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html




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Old September 5th 04, 07:30 AM
bigdadd39
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Thanks Leah, this is what I originally
tried to do but wasn't working, mostly
because I gave up when Nikki continued
to focus only on the ball. However, I
had a thought and I tried something else
along this line.
I've had the ball up for a couple of
days and took it out and Nikki's eyes
glossed over right away as she focused
on the ball and nothing else. Instead
of letting her have it, I held onto it
and told her to sit and then I would
give it to her which, of course, meant
nothing to her at first. I kept
repeating the command "sit" in a normal
calm voice every 15 - 20 seconds or so.
It took almost 20 minutes to get her to
sit but I wasn't going to give up this
time. After I got her to sit, and after
lot's and lot's of praise, I threw the
ball down the hall for her to chase
which she brought back and her routine
ensued before I got the ball back.
Anyway, I repeated this many times and,
although it still takes some time to get
her to sit (praise, praise, praise) and
then give me the ball back (praise,
praise, praise), it is getting better
and she is getting more responsive. I'm
hoping that with lot's of patient
practice I can eliminate this behavior
and cure her of her ball obsession. Any
other suggestions would be welcome
though.


"Leah" -OFF
wrote in message
...
Use the ball as a reward for

obedience. She only gets to play with
it if she
earns it by doing something you ask.

My bc is the same way with frisbees.

It won't be easy to focus her at first,
because she'll be so obsessed by the

ball. But don't give in. If she won't
focus, put the ball away, take it out

later and try again.

Canine Action Dog Trainer
http://www.canineaction.com
My Kids, My Students, My Life:

http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html




 




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