OK, so my training center wanted to do positive only training, using treats. Now I have a corgi that knows if i have the treat bag or not, and will work only if he gets cookies. I tried working with DIllon without the bag but still having treats, and the way it works it he will do something once beautifully- when not rewarded the second time he does it barely acceptable and the third time...what third time, no cookie, he is off sniffing for someone elses crumbs in class...I lose him completely. If i have treats- he does the most beautiful heel, halt,long sit and down stays, recall, figure 8, set up and finish you have ever seen..on and off leash in a room of 10-18 other dogs and owners... when i have no treats, well, he is more likely to run amuck! LOL! I wonder if i could dip my hands in lamb juice from his bbq lamb that i make for him for class and smell enough like it to earn a CD title
oh, on the reason for a finish, the finish and the set up are the same - just gets the dog to be on your left side, and ready to work...I love it and use it all the time when we are walking. I can sometimes use it when he is obsessing on something - to break that cycle...and sometimes it doenst work
oh well, he is still a teenager...or so everyone keeps telling me !
Emilie