Bob's Progress

Good Morning, Mum just watched Susan Garrett's third Webinar for Recallers 4.00 and look how exciting life is going to be for me now!

Framework for Inspired Learning

( the reason for this particular font can be found at http://www.edge.org/conversation/disfluency)

1.         Know exactly what you want.

I want Bob to wait at the start line, quivering, just waiting for my release but never releasing until I say the word GO.

I want Bob to come at squirrel speed to me any time I give one call, even in the house.

I want Bob to weave at breakneck speed no matter from where I send him to the weaves.

I want Bob to have the tightest turns round jump wings no matter where I am on the course.

I want Bob to have absolutely solid 2on2off contacts no matter where I am on the agility course.

I want Bob to really work for me at distance.

I want Bob to walk loose lead beside me no matter where we are or what is going on around us.

I want Bob to love lying on my lap when I’m watching TV.

I want Bob to go see the elderly and look up at them cutely on my command.

2.     Visualise the Benefits

When Bob can wait whenever he is on the startline, I will be able to enter the agility ring with confidence that Bob’s focus is on me and his work and that we will have great fun running the course.

When I know that Bob has squirrel speed one calls 100% of the time we will be able to enjoy walks wherever we are without being concerned, say, if I see a dog on leash who might not want other dogs to visit it.  Also, it would save his life if he happened to be running straight toward a road.

When Bob weaves at breakneck speed if I send him to the weaves from anywhere on the course, I will have the confidence that yes, we will make G7 at Kennel Club as well as Champion level at UKA.

When Bob has very tight turns I will have confidence that our speed in agility will always be the optimum we can achieve on the day.

When Bob has solid 2on2off contacts I will have confidence that he will always stop and never fly off the end of the contacts how Dylan used to.

When Bob works brilliantly at distance, it means that me, as an older agility competitor will not have to rely on running at the breakneck speeds of Shaun Hunt and Greg Derrett, and that Bob need not be limited by my own running speed.

When Bob walks loose lead beside me wherever we are, we will walk confidently down streets, around the rings at trials, in fact anywhere and I shall be so proud of my naughty Bob.

When Bob lies in my lap when I’m watching TV in the evenings we will have the warmest snuggles on cold winter nights.

When Bob goes see the elderly at the Care Home that he visits, he will impress with his tricks, but even more so by looking adoringly at the elderly clients so that they really believe he loves them.

3.        Strategically introduce working stress.

a)       Duration

b)       Distractions (your dog’s five senses, hearing, sight, taste, touch, smell)

c)       Distance (away from you or something your dog loves or fears)

Unique approach to introducing stress training to your dog.

First teach the dog a joyful response to stress training before introducing this stress into training. – Crate Games

4.       Break your targeted behaviour down into small, more manageable responses.

 

Take into consideration the complexity of the behaviour, environment, or dog’s natural drives. (Sprocker Bob loves sniffing).

Don’t be trapped by the limits of your own perception.

Focusing on training small responses leads to big successes!

5.        Balance value and distractions strategically.

Reinforcement empowers choice.

Control the level of intensity of stress (or distraction) for the dog.

You control outcome of an inappropriate choice.

Remember 80% success guideline

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Mastery = Synchronised Desires

Foundation layers build mastery from understanding.

Work = Play & Play = Work

Joy in training

Here we come again – upwards and onwards to RECALLERS 4.0