Heeling and Recall CLIP

I thought it look very nice - the only thing I noticed was one of the automatic sits you tugged a tad on your leash to get it.  My advice would be to wait the dog out a second, because I think she was going to do it.  Once they get it, I just begin to reward only the faster sits, not the slower ones, then, finally, the faster and straighter sits.  []  

That was not an automatic sit. I had repositioned her to take off again, and she was not paying attention. She is still in season, and only has half a brain.

I don't wait for dogs to "decide" to do something.  Check the other sits, her butt is down before I stop. []

What we need work on is wide on About Turns, changes of pace, fronts and finishes.

I plan to trial her starting Jan 20 for her Novice titles in AKC and UKC, and I'm expecting scores above 195. []

Silly me, I'm just a person who "shapes" the behaviors they want, so my desire is always to have the dog deciding to do things right because I have completed that shaping activity.  My remark was not meant to suggest that I simply wait around for that to happen. 
I'm sure you will get your scores, though, since that's obviously very important to you.  

Gorgeous dog! Great video.

Rock on whichya bad self. That was excellent from my viewpoint.

I love positive training and using shaping for new behaviors. It's a big part of my training. My dogs still get some correction once they understand an exercise if they choose not to pay attention, for example.

I still use a prong collar on occasion. I'm all for the positive training, it works for me too, and I admire the people who go exclusively positive.

This dog is at a fairly advanced level of training. She is doing out of sight stays, the utility scent discrimination exercise, retrieve over high and on the flat, and is started on drop on recall. And if she decides she can't be bothered to pay attention, she'll get a little reminder.

I am perfectly comfortable with my training methods, and so are my dogs. I am not training using intimidation or pain to co-erce my dog to perform for high scores at the exclusion of all other considerations.

We have lots of fun together, and we do lots of things that both of us enjoy. One of them will be competing in the ring and hopefully earning high scores.

Good looking dog.....[sm=wink2.gif]