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Michele and Divik - California

Hi, My name is Michele and I'm taking this class with my 1yr old boy Divik.  


I'm a dog trainer that's been teaching competitive sport detection for 10+ yrs.  I've previously taken a laser directional course with my now 10 yr old dog and although he had good sends, he never really seemed to see or register the laser as a salient stimulus.


I registered a little late for this course and just got my 2Qt rubber bowls a couple days ago -  had to order them. In the meantime I watched Module 1 and …

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Hi, My name is Michele and I'm taking this class with my 1yr old boy Divik.  


I'm a dog trainer that's been teaching competitive sport detection for 10+ yrs.  I've previously taken a laser directional course with my now 10 yr old dog and although he had good sends, he never really seemed to see or register the laser as a salient stimulus.


I registered a little late for this course and just got my 2Qt rubber bowls a couple days ago -  had to order them. In the meantime I watched Module 1 and the posted videos.


I decided to use food as Divik is highly motivated for food and toys, and I thought food would be better for more calmess and reps. Well... first two sends were fast...he took the food and then grabbed the bowl as a new bonus toy to run around with. :-/  I should not have been surprised.  Guess I'm the only one with that challenge. 


We are now working on run and grab the food, leave the bowl and return to me.  We have had 2 clean sessions indoors at close range (2-3 meters).  Gonna tighten that up before proceeding.


Happy to be here and look forward to learning and working through the challenges!



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Forgot to ask

I meant to ask during the webinar.

Do or can the dogs get a cue to the exercise due to the equipment we use? I have been using a lightweight paracord tab during these reps.

My patrol dog has an understanding of what is going to happen when I hook him up with different tools.

Thanks!

Training Journal

You'll find a training journal template at the end of Module 2 - it's a great tool to keep track of your training sessions and we encourage everyone to make good use of it! Big thanks to Piotr who made the journal and wanted us to make it available to everyone!

Hello from Poland (Europe)

Hi, I'm Piotr from Poland. I am a handler of 3 dogs,
Shuri 20m female Belgian Malinois
Saga 2y female Belgian Malinois
Anubis 4y mails Belgian Malinois

In addition to training dogs and a hotel for them, I run a shooting range and train in the use of weapons, which helps me get dogs used to gunshoot.