I say RUN :)
AMP has started her running dogwalk training! We started about 3 weeks ago on this, but have currently changed from what i started doing (of course i was doing it wrong, figures..lol) and more less starting at square one! I am feeling really good about starting over (even tho it isn't really over..never got that far in the first place). I found this cool place to look at and get TONS upon TONS of information from other people's experiences and hearing from Silvia herself :D This is going to probably be my best friend for the whole journey!
Anyway on to what we have going down with AMP....
For a quick background surveillance we started out by using the normal DW plank (1.5' x 12') she didn't like staying on the board and didn't really understand the concept (which is pretty common), so i used wings from jumps all the way down the plank on both sides to encourage her to stay on the board. This worked. I would have mom hold her a few feet before the board and then i would stay out in front of the board with the toy and have her run to meet as fast as possible! This worked pretty well at first and she was getting a nice run :) YAY! Although then i started to get leaping at the end and got all paranoid, plus couldn't get the guides away without her coming off the plank..i am starting to learn that some things NEED TIME! Yeah i am by no means a very patient person, it takes a lot for me to control my erg to want things to happen now now now. Of course with that said i stopped doing that and being what i thought as a genius (re-thinking that thought now) tried something new...dumb dumb dumb..beating head against wall! So i tried that new little special power robot man Manner Minner (also known as Roger). Although Roger is a nice friend and make me feel like i have special powers and can control the world with one little remote (ok so only control a treat) he taught me one thing about AMP......she don't like treats! Yeah the women will eat treats, but would much rather just play with a toy :/ Roger also got kinda abused in the process since if the treat didn't come out AMP would give him a whack like "give me the fricken treat Roger!!"...poor Roger! So after trying one session ( i know again i didn't give it time, but it was pretty clear that it was NOT going to work with this method) i decided no this isn't that magic potion to turn frogs into princes or make the rabbit jump out of the hat.
I then went to the good ol' internet :) I went on the hunt to find ANYWHERE that i could get feed back or look at videos from people who "really did" the Trkman method. In my search i found THE golden ticket! I was SOO happy when i found it i sadly spent about 2 hours reading through people's problems, successes, and Silvia's comments! It was great to actually see that people were also having my problem and i could relate, but also got help in getting a solution.
The two key points i learned is
1) You want the dog to RUNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! Full speed across the board. As Silvia stated "if they are really running they are not able to leap!" Which is true, since when they slow up that creates the leap.
2) NO foot work from the start....see rule #1! Rule #1 is the main focus and once you have that the foot work should fall into place better!
I love this since at this point it is 2 basic guidelines that i am able to follow, i can do that!
With the plank i have come across a new thing too...went to a much wider board (about 2') and a shorter board (about 7') and thinner (about 1/2").
With this said we have done 2 days of this new renovation and so far i am liking the results better then what i was getting :) :D I am really going to stick with this way and keep those 2 rules in mind and go from there!!!! There will be plenty of video to come and if it isn't on here then you can visit my Youtube at...
http://www.youtube.com/user/stickitBC?feature=mhum
enjoy the short video!
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