Hellmouth Session 1
- lmdwpc
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Hey guys! See UNDER these blog posts the content on Loose Leash Walk Challenge. Focus on Pivot Games if nothing else. Here's the copy of the email I sent from Session 1: Hey Legends! Looking forward to seeing you guys this Sunday morning :) I will be keeping this one for 10am. Just to reiterate info from last week:
Lola the baby: we have LESS expectations for her because she is only a baby. This doesn't mean you will do less, we still expect growth, but for the stage she is at. So focus on redirecting her back to you where possible as well as starting to teach her "where" to walk. See the Leash Work video from the last email as well as the Loose Leash Walk Challenge I have posted on the website. The capturing engagement video I sent last email is also a top priority for her at the moment; it may seem like an exercise that's "too easy" but genuinely... you cannot pay her for that enough. The more you do, the more she will care about you and the less she will care about other things/the less problems you'll have!
Orla: Main priority should be feeding via training and being strict on this - if she doesn't want to work for food when you offer it, ok Orla, you missed your chance. Withhold until you do another training session in the same/similar situation/context. If you revert back to feeding her in "easy" situations and locations, she will always choose the 'easier' situations to eat, and will always ignore your food in the more distracting areas. So you are at the stage of needing to be very strict. Refer to the food drive guide I sent first email!
Esme, Enzo & Betty: just need to focus on upping the criteria a bit - you guys need to stop paying these guys for the "easy" stuff and make them work a biiiiiit harder for their food. If you truly think they don't know the exercise, move a bit further away, and re-teach with spoon feeding/heavy lure for a couple reps - just not too much, then challenge them again. I.e. If you turn away from a distraction and they lunge at it - they will hit the end of the leash and then have to turn and follow you... but there shouldn't be any payment after that. Try again, and even turn a bit sooner, so you are setting them up for success. If they turn with you, mark "yes!" and pay! Again, see Pivot Games on the website link.
As well as some content that includes redirecting your dog from something else they find interesting (this is Puppy Class Content but it all checks):
The content I sent prior to Session 1: Capturing Engagement with Neo:
Basics of Loose Leash Walking with Zelda:
Structured Recall with Zelda:
For more Information on Building Food Drive (for dogs who don't seem to be too food motivated) - check out the content at this link if you're keen, but I will be discussing this on session 1 too.
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