Snippet of Silence's Obedience at Waine's

[silentdobe]

Here we are with a new trainer and a new program! Still PSA for the moment but will probably end up moving toward Schutzhund as well again.

Here's just a little bit of Silence's obedience for his second session with Waine!

[summerwinddoberman]

very nice.:-)
if i may?...at this early stage of your foundation work he is giving you what you want-reward him,reward him often.He is giving you his attention and he is in proper position, thats what you want.when he makes eye contact with you, you give him his ball YEA!!!!Good boy!
Teaching him to learn that looking into your eyes gives him his reward will make your life much easier as you progress as he will be looking to you for his guidance and reward.Not just looking at you ,but when you see his eyes shift and make contact with yours.Concentrate on that for a while.
This will also help build his drive.(bringing the ball in more often).
I see you at a point were i made some errors with my first schutzhund dog.And i just wanted to share some advice.:-)good luck he is a good looking dog.
Chris

[rosamburg]

Thanks for sharing. Looking good.

[silentdobe]

Summer,

He is not in early stages of anything right now. He is just getting more clear guidance from me (and me from Waine) on things he already knows. My previous trainer was not a good handler himself therefore I had no handler guidance to clear things up with him. Thanks for the input and complements guys! I think we can get it rockin this year!