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Originally Posted by gemy  For sure Razzman is harder to train. Blackies were created to be a working companion to man. It is bred into their bones so to speak. And a very high intelligence. So that creates its own challenges of course.
I decided years ago not to do Schutzhund protection training with him, although I am sure he would have been excellent at it. But it is a three year absolute commitment of your time, and you must finish the course; well that is what my trainer demanded.
Yt's have their own unique brand of stubbornness and they are smart, it is with Razzle building up his attention span. And their small size makes it hard for me to correct the heel/sit - all that bending over --- ouch my back gets pretty sore.
Thank you for your compliment of Magic..  |
I, too, find small dogs very hard to train compared to the big guys. So many if not most of the bigs were born to work - live for it. Tibbe loves to work but he doesn't care to work at one thing very long and hasn't the need to please that most big dogs seem to. Tibbe works for treats and praise is good but if you want his rapt attention, offer to "pay" him. A big dog just wants to please and get that positive reward of doing it right and getting your praise or that toy. I imagine those smaller little brains of the little guys just don't have all of the capacity of the big one's but once they get into training, a Yorkie does definitely start to get it and adapts to working harder, begins to relish the praise and confidence he feels but he still expects that "paycheck" treat. But they sure make you work harder, too, to get and keep them on board with it all, especially at first.
Looking forward to seeing more of that CD work on video. I LOVE to see dogs working. They are so darn cute.