Dr.Duct_Mossburg

We've chosen to go with the group below.


They seem to be pretty legit and have lots of good reviews on independent sites. I talked to Nick White (the owner) for a little while on the phone and decided I felt good about moving forward with him.

I will be finishing up and hopefully getting the CGC in mid January.

geisthexe

They are some great guys.
Gary one of the guys that work there I am good friends with .. He has a nice Malinois.
Best of luck in all ya do with your dog!


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Deb

"In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesnt merely try to train him to be semi human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog."

Dr.Duct_Mossburg

Half of the first week finished. I say half because something came up during the middle of the session and we didn't finish up. Though we use an E-Collar during training, I used Bentleys favorite ball for this. Not only to try and stimulate him in moving before my command but also to reward him while we were practicing.

1 of 3 Videos tonight. This one I give him the command and walk up the stairs, releasing him one I am out of site.

Sit, Down the steps. - YouTube

2 of 3 Videos tonight. This one I give him the sit command (twice lol) and stand across the room for a few just to make sure he doesn't come off of his command.

Extended sit command. - YouTube

3 of 3 videos tonight. I give him the command and walk down the steps this time, showing him his ball the whole way.



Notice during none of these commands I never tell him to stay. A good point raised by the trainer was that we want him to understand that whatever command he is given is to be held until given his "break" command, which releases him from what i've told him to do.

Excited to post more as we do more.

Jazzy&Veronica

Bentley is adorable!!!!

I'm curious about e-collars and while I know they are somewhat controversial, I can see where they have a place in proofing off leash training - although I don't have any experience ever having used one.

Did you train the exercises in the videos with/without an e-collar?

I will look forward to seeing more videos and would be interested in hearing about the training techniques involved!

Dr.Duct_Mossburg

Sorry I failed to update this thread more. Life is busy. Bentley did fantastic. Last Sunday he got his AKC CGC cert. so we're REAL excited. I will post some videos in the coming days.

As far as the e-collars. We've learned it's not nearly what it appears to be to our common knowledge. 90% of the time you're doing it at a level that that you would find it hard to even feel.

American_Pit13

Glad to hear things went well! Congrats on the CGC! Yes there are many things people learn about training tools when they experience it for themselves.

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