We have proper little training cone do das. My mum bought them in a pack of four from Big W last Thursday and I've been working with getting Charlie to nose target one when asked to "touch". It's in prep for the running contact work we were going to do at training on Monday, but the weather was out to get us again and brought out the whole stupid "Let's storm NOOOOOOW" attitude it's been doing of late.
So it was cancelled. Grr.
Fingers crossed the rest of the week stays dry and we can go Friday evening. It sucks not having any equipment at home, but hopefully I'll be addressing that issue over the Christmas holidays.
Charlie's doing awesome with the cone work, though, and I'm getting good distance and speed from him now I've stopped with the clicker and treats and switched him over to a verbal marker word and his tiger tug as a reward. I don't know whether it's because I worked him for nearly a year without the clicker or just him being quirky as per usual, but he's a bit funny like that: I can use the clicker and treats with a fair amount of success to start a behaviour off, but once he's progressed a bit I more or less have to change tactics completely to finish off training or he's so sluggish and dull the whole thing is just boring for both of us.
Complicated doggy he is.
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