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Stop whistle
Lottie has no problem
dropping into a sit from a run whilst at heel, and
we have been practicing this all week. This
morning, I had a brief try at getting her to
sit to whistle whilst a few feet from me in the
training field. She was not able to understand
what I wanted, and kept trying to run to me
before sitting.
Later on in the day,
I put Lottie into a small enclosed patio in my
garden. Here we practiced with her
running about and me blowing the whistle and
stepping towards her forcefully with a strong verbal
reminder and hand signal when she tried to approach
me before sitting. By the end of the session
she was really getting the idea, and we
finished with half a dozen smart sits to whistle at
about six feet from me. I will do some more
sessions like this before again attempting a remote
sit in the field.
The Stay
Today Lottie did her two
minute stays at 7 yards and also 20 second
stays at 20 yards. All went well. |
