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Basic Obedience written Test

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·         No animal can learn if it is not ________________________

·         The attention must be _____________________ on the act to be done.

·         Most errors can be traced to a _________________________ of attention.

·         Dogs are ______________________ animals by nature.

·         The dog must be ____________________________ to be happy while working.

·         There should be no __________________________________ corrections on moving exercises.

·         On a moving exercise, leash corrections are accompanied by ____________________________.

·         All these training factors – attention, animation and response - ____________________ on each other.

·         A dog that is responsive will show great ________________________ and joy.

·         Four factors which affect training are attention, feed-back, transfer and ___________________ .

·         Attention must be focused on the subject to be _________________________________.

·         An emotionally unstable animal cannot pay _______________________________.

·         Experienced trainers develop a sensitivity that allows them to ________________ a dog’s mistake.

·         When there is proper transfer, the learning of one skill _____________________ the mastery of another.

·         There is positive and _________________ transfer.

·         ____________________________ binds responses together.

·         Training by ______________________ and clock is highly recommended.

·         Dogs have inherent _____________________ that the trainer may use to motivate the dog.

·         The drives are sex, _____________________ and pack instinct.

·         Dogs do not learn if they are _________________________ upset.

·         A dog that is ________________ cannot concentrate on the trainer’s actions.

·         The dog’s ______________________________ is the sum of its drives.

·         The trainer uses the ______________________ instinct to teach the dog to come.

·         A dog that loves to retrieve can be _____________________ by using the retrieve as a release.

·         The dog quickly learns to __________________- the unpleasantness associated with a collar correction.

·         A dog that experiences too much pain will attempt to ______________.

·         The learned state of _____________________ occurs when a dog cannot avoid or flee punishment.

·         __________________________ causes some dogs to lapse into a helpless state.

·         The collar is placed on the dog so the part attached to the running ring is on _____________________ of the dog’s neck.

·         The collar is not an effective correction device unless put on ______________________.

·         When walking under control the dog should walk _______________________ to the trainer on a ____________________ leash.

·         To correct a controlled walking exercise the dog is allowed to approach the ____________ of the leash.

·         Immediately after a correction the dog is ______________ profusely.

·         The goal is to train the dog to be ________________ under all conditions.

·         The trainer must assume the role of the ___________________________________ to the dog.

·         The perfect correction is given just as the dog _____________________ to make the mistake.

·         Corrections on any moving exercise are ___________________ accompanied by praise.

·         Corrections on a static exercise are accompanied with the vocal correction “_____________________”.

·         The degree of correction depends on the dog’s ____________________ of pain.

·         A correction should be hard enough that the dog will ____________________ its repetition.

·         A state of flight or helplessness can result from _________ correcting a dog.

·         The collar has two rings:  The running ring and the _________ ring.

·         The leash is attached to the ______________________ ring.

·         It is easier to train a new dog than to __________________ a dog that has learned unwanted responses.

·         When a problem occurs, the trainer should end the training session on a note of _____________________.

·         In operant behavior the dog must learn the ____________ of its acts.

·         The dog learns that certain acts always bring it _________________.

·         The dog also learns that other acts are followed by an _________________________ experience.

·         The dog repeats those acts that bring it _____________________, and ________________ those that bring unpleasant results.

·         Training is based on the _____________________ between positive and negative.

·         Equilibrium does not indicate __________________________  parts of positive and negative.

·         Each exercise must be broken up into _______________________ parts.

·         There are three areas of training:  static, dynamic, or a _______________________.

·         Stay exercises are ____________________________.

·         The sit-for-examination _________________________________ the dog’s temperament, solves ____________________ problems, and becomes the basis for the ___________-for-examination.

·         To train the dog the dog to start the correction is a jab that starts with the left hand moving in the direction the trainer is walking and accompanies the command ___________________ and the movement of the trainer’s left ____________________.

·         The start correction is immediately followed by ____________________.

·         Any pulling on the leash will cause the dog to pull in the _____________________ direction.

If I actually figure out how to work this blog stuff I will post the answers, but right now this thing is driving me "right 'round the flippin' pipe" C U LATER

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A FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITY

Crate Training is fundamental for dog ownership; to contain the dog for training house rules, as a dog bed, to protect your own belongings,  getting to know each other, for sickness, for old age, as a secure place from company if needed, containment in emergency or evacuation, as secure and safe containment when you have service people in your home, and for obedience training, just to mention a few reasons.

FOR SAFETY, NO COLLAR OR OTHER HANG UPS IN THE CRATE

IF PRACTICAL,  FEED IN THE CRATE

PROVIDE SAFE ITEMS FOR AMUSEMENT IN THE CRATE

3 Places the dog can be for one week

On the leash, chain collar on

In the crate, collar off

In the Business Xpen, collar on

I try not to be in a hurry. Slower is better. Take a long time for foundations and the rest is a breeze plus the dog is happy.

After about 3 weeks, there is more freedom in the kitchen and personal enclosure area. On walks, position becomes more demanding. We should be in an easy controlled walk, but staying somewhat in close at heel. 

ABOUT THE LEASH

I use the leash for everything; it is my communication device, it is my friend

When the dog is a leash length away from me and I suddenly turn around and go the other way, the dog must hurry to catch up the nine feet of distance to get to me, When the dog catches up to me it is now in heel position and I can praise it for the effort to be there.

I shake the leash back and forth side to side lightly to say hello, heads up! HERE I AM.

If the dog tugs on the leash or is silly, I back off to get some slack and I snap the leash not so lightly straight up and down whip like, as if to to say WHAT THE HELL!  STOP TUGGING!. I change my pace or direction of travel and really get moving at times to get the dog to pay attention to what I am doing instead of thinking about what it wants to be doing.

When I can just wiggle my finger on the leash and draw the dog in with an encouraging voice, I am ready to move on. 

REMEMBERING NANAS PAST PET FRIENDS

           

We just got access to some media stuff from the slide files at long last, lol. Let the sorting begin. Two of Nana's Best whippet Pups from the Past:

2005 Lure Coursing Champion Abbeywoods Great Aberdeen Red “CHINA”. This crazy red girl was remarkable to see in action and was putting on the chase right out of the litter box. Skillfully handled and managed by Christie Springs.

  

Sweet and magical, baby whippet Iyindis Zippity Do Dah CD "Zipper", somewhere around September 1983 in Calgary