Bradley's 2nd Training Session
Hello,
I am back to tell you about Bradley's 2nd training session.
For Bradley's 2nd training session, we had a trainee trainer, Ashton. Almost immediately, it was obvious that Ashton was inexperienced. Plus, as you will hear on the video, he has a very high-pitched, squeaky voice which is not that commanding.
The main objective of this lesson is "place". Place is used to direct the dog to a particular place, not on the floor, and have him stay until he is told to "break". (Break is used to release the dog from a command.) They use two cots to teach place.
Ashton started with the two cots maybe 5 feet apart and has Bradley go from one to the other when directed. After each successful iteration, Ashton moves the cots further apart.
It didn't take long for Bradley to become bored with this process. I think he was partly bored because of the repetition and partly because Ashton just doesn't make it exciting. Even when he says "break", there is no real excitement.
Eventually, Bradley comes to me for help. He was totally bored and not enamored with Ashton. This is when I said something to Ashton and he moved on to the pedestals. Justin came in to watch right about then also.
The pedestals are used to re-enforce/expand the place command. There are 4 pedestals approximately 1, 2, 3, and 4 feet high with a 2 foot square top. As you would guess, the object is to start with the shortest one and work up to the highest one.
Bradley had no problem with the first 2 because he could step on to them. The third and fourth he couldn't. They were too high to just step onto.
Justin to the rescue. Justin realize Bradley needed a break. He had Ashton get a ball. For 5 minutes or so, Bradley had fun chasing the ball. When he went back to training, Ashton used the ball as incentive (at Justine direction) to jump on to the 3rd and 4th pedestals.
The video shows him jumping on the 3rd one but for some reason, I didn't video the fourth pedestal. That pretty much ended the 2nd sessions. We let Bradley chase the ball around some more before leaving.
Bradley was exhausted after the session. He slept all the way home and for the next couple of hours at home.
Stay tuned for session 3.
See You At The Bank,
Bob Caine
Previous Bradley Posts
Bradley's 1st Training Session
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Cute dog rcaine 🙂
It looks like Bradley is really coming along in his training, and enjoying it as well.
Have a gr8 day.
He is much better with the trainer than with us. We just don't have the right mojo.
What a cute pup!
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Thank you so much.
This was good ... I would use the search function and find some dog or puppy-related tags so dog lovers on Hive can find and fall in love with Bradley!
Great tip! Here's the Hive Pets community @rcaine :)
Thanks for the tip. I will definitely do that.
Sometimes these trainings are just not a match, it can happen with humans too so why not with pets. If he has a squeaky voice, he may not even be great for the job in general. If I were you, I'd also make sure they aren't matching these trainings with Ashton anymore if that's not working with Bradley. Waste of both of your time :)
Good luck with the next session!
!CTP
No more Ashton. I already made sure of that. His voice doesn't help in my opinion. He really needs to read the dog better too.
That was a good session for Bradley. He looks like a smart dog.
Sometimes he is too smart especially when no one is looking.
Bradley seems enjoying his training, great share :) Thank you
Thanks for your comment. He enjoys it much more with Justine.
Clever dog, he's doing so well. And from the way he wags his tail we can tell he's enjoying it (I hope!) Thank you for sharing, looking forward to viewing the next session.😊
He does enjoy it. He enjoys it even more with Justine. Thanks for your comment.