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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  HAHAHAHA!!!  taped it directly to the ball???!!! I can imagine it now...
Ok, anyway, I'm sure Jackson knows "drop" already? Have him drop near the basket. What we did was we actually took the ball and let Uni watch us put it in the basket and say "slam dunk" or "shoot it" or whatever you want. Another way is to have the ball underneath the net and have him look down into the hoop and see the ball at the bottom. Keep putting the ball in the basket and say your command word "slam dunk", etc. Or if he's one to hold onto things when you pick him up (Uni does not, if she has something in her mouth and you pick her up she will drop it) have him get the ball and pick him up and place him over the basket and tell him drop.
I guess you gotta see what works for him, but those are the three methods we tried. You will find he will probably have some weird little quirk about the hoop. Uni will NOT touch the rim. Like she thinks it's hot lava or something. We tried putting the basket up higher, which would mean she has to put her paws on the rim, she will not do it. She strains with her neck upwards but has her paws back practically behind her ears.
So once you get him to drop at the right time, then say "Good dunk" or whatever. The first time Uni got it we cheered so loud we freaked her out. |
Ha yes!!! I literally used masking tape and taped a piece of hot dog on the ball so he would pick it up, ha! When he knows I have treats, he will not play fetch/pick up ball/etc. Ha, it was the only thing I could think of. Alright thanks so much... I'm gonna try some of those ideas out tomorrow. He's passed out right now... lol.
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Originally Posted by nneessaa Scruffs does the SAME THING. He'll chase toys.. ladeeda TREAT drops toy runs over. It is quite frustrating since when we did agility the trainer insisted we had toys as rewards, but he knew I had treats so he showed no interest in the treats. There were 15 dogs in the class, all of them looked at the squeeky scented with real animal toy except Scruffs. He also doesn't get excited, ever, so the trainer would be like rile up your dogs, and Scruffs would look at me like I'm retarded. He just wants the treats :P.
We've began our daily training sessions again. I'm trying to get him to whip his nose. Then we are going to perfect the wait (treat on nose) and pray (aka bow, I call it pray for some reason!). I can't wait till after soccer starts I can do agility, that was so fun for him! You should consider it, I think Jackson would like it. |
LOL, yep, sounds like Jackson. I can get him excited with a toy as long as I don't have treats as well. He's just not a toy-motivated dog.
I'm definitely going to be looking into agility soon! There's a few places around here that are starting up end of January and I'm thinking of signing him up. He's never taken formal obedience classes though, I've taught him myself so I want to sign him up for an intermediate class first.
