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how to fetch update
I've resolved to follow through on things in general, so I'm back to report
my progress with getting Orson to return fetching toys to me. I'm frustrated to report that I've failed with all of the following: Trading toy for toy. This is mainly because, I've figured out, he sees specific toys for specific occasions. ie., 'donut' (tennis ring) is for water fetching, while 'log' (tennis bumper) is for land fetching. I'm making an effort to mix them up and to continue trying to trade, but he's pretty insistent that when fetching on land, the log rules and the donut holds no appeal. Playing hard to get/ignoring until toy brought to me. Utter failure. I can stand around for 15 minutes, ignoring him, and he won't bring me the toy. He'll come to me to check up on me ('why aren't we playing anymore?') but he always leaves the toy behind. Food trade/bribing. He's mighty interested in the food, but he won't bring his toy to get food. I'll show him the hot dog pieces, tell him to get his donut, and he'll comply. But he won't bring it all the way to me. He'll move it a few feet forward, even repeatedly. But never closer than about 5 feet away. He gives up and just comes and offers behavhiors to get the food. Rewarding him with tug when he brings the toy to me. I've had a few opportunities to practice this, because occasionally I can block his exit from the water and he has to give me the toy. I don't think he enjoys tug--I think he sees it as me trying to take the toy. So I tried other rewards, a lot of goofy 'good BOY!' and scratching, but he's definitely just biding his time until he can get his toy away from me. He doesn't trust that I'm not going to snatch it away from him. Did I mention that he's super protective of his fetching toys (when outside) from both humans and dogs? Next I'm going to try Dianne S's method of short retrieves and 'take' and 'give' for food inside the house. I think Orson and I have trained each other well enough for 3 years so that we're going to have to start over and go s-l-o-w-l-y. Cate |
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