This past weekend I worked with a dog named Jeremy. Jeremy is a herding dog whose instincts sometime overwhelm him. Particularly when a bicycle, skateboard, or scooter whizzes by.
I decided to help Jeremy by using a 4-pronged approach.
1. Discipline - correct unwanted gestures toward bikes, scooters, skateboards
2. Affection - change is association with the object so that he sees it as a source of affection
3. Exercise - change his association with the object so that he sees it as a source of exercise
4. Reward - change his association with the object so that he sees it as a source of reward/praise
The video above shows how things went. My apologies for the initial skateboard exercise as I didn't have the camera angle just right.
Enjoy!
I decided to help Jeremy by using a 4-pronged approach.
1. Discipline - correct unwanted gestures toward bikes, scooters, skateboards
2. Affection - change is association with the object so that he sees it as a source of affection
3. Exercise - change his association with the object so that he sees it as a source of exercise
4. Reward - change his association with the object so that he sees it as a source of reward/praise
The video above shows how things went. My apologies for the initial skateboard exercise as I didn't have the camera angle just right.
Enjoy!
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