Posted by Melissa in Dog Training
on Apr 5th, 2013 | 0 comments
So there are several skills a dog needs to compete in a Treibball tournament:
Following commands at a distance (including directionals)
Sending “out” to a spot beyond an object
A “wait and watch” command
A command to push the ball toward their handler
We’ve been working on all of these things individually and then trying to put various pieces of them together.
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To teach Riley to push the ball with her nose we started with a toy car. Since she already has a push command that has to do with her feet (she’ll push open a door), we’re using...