Well we went over to our trainers home, and Dara good girl did pretty well. And the best news is my trainer and I are going to do an exchange of services for her training
We did all the training inside as it was too cold for outside!
First lesson is back to the basics. And you guessed it; I am to work on attention or focus. Everything is to be done after eye contact. First step is to bring into a sit, then multi treat her so that she gets used to staying in a sit - but don't use the words stay yet. Then move to treat her in a sit position along with "Good Girl" everytime she looks at me. Then try to extend the watching of me before I treat. Vary up the times and the durations of the sit. Use Release to release the command.
Then practise Down - same idea about the treating and the eye contact.
Then back to Sit this time with some distraction - and then Down with some distraction .
Start the training of turn or spin to the right and then to the left. (Good basics for agility work and rally o).
Walking keep working the walk easy on lead - and focus on me.
But essentially get eye contact before any thing we do together. Releasing from her crate - feeding her - before a toy game - before letting her out in the backyard for a play session - when she wants in the house.
Ignore the errors - no harsh corrections (including voice ) Stern No is fine.
Try to anticipate when she is going to make an error, and correct her so that she doesn't. Like she loves to jump up on Moms when I call her - so have a treat ready and as she gets in close - show treat and ask her to sit and then immediately treat.
My winter jackets all have treats in them, because when I come home and I know they are likely out of their crates, the greeting at the door is rather wild. So it is enter - general Sit command and everyone gets a treat.
That's all for now folks. Enjoy your Sunday.