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    Ian72
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 26 Feb 2022


    Aren’t all pets pampered

    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    Ian

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      ROman
      Haraki san Prodigy
      Joined: 5 Jan 2015

      Great shot. Ian.

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        EdH
        Iron Heart Deity
        Joined: 2 Jan 2022

        When it’s too hot for playing fetch, I like to tire him out by getting him to use his brain. And with so much of a dog’s brain being dedicated to scent, there’s no better way to do that than by getting them to find things with their noses.

        Here he’s locating a penny that I throw into the garden. When he locates it he goes into a down. I wind him up by asking him to ‘show me’ where it is again to reinforce the association with the penny even more. I also deliver the food to the penny, rather than his mouth, so that he thinks it’s a little miniature dinner plate and turbo charges his desire to find it.

        He’s getting too good at this. So next step is figuring out how to train him to distinguish different scents and find specific items when multiple objects are hidden.

        Take the dive...

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          EdH
          Iron Heart Deity
          Joined: 2 Jan 2022

          Now the weather’s cooler, it’s back to games of fetch!

          Take the dive...

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            Sage954
            Iron Heart Deity
            Joined: 1 Apr 2012


            This old man won’t fetch. All about belly rubs.

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              sabergirl
              見習いボス
              Joined: 4 Oct 2013

              [emoji3059]

              Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                JDelage
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                That penny trick is amazing! This is a smart doggie.

                We're getting our golden pup next week. We're very excited…

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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    Filthy2123ozjunkie
                    見習いボスー
                    Joined: 21 Jan 2013

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                      Anesthetist
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 14 May 2011

                      Gonna continue the kitties theme

                      IG: bluehandsslim

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                        Aetas
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 19 Jun 2013

                        He enjoyed it…

                        .. until he realized the height ;-).

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                          JDelage
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                          Meet new fam’ member, Pika.

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                            JDelage
                            啓蒙家
                            Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                            @Aetas - Beautiful dog! Airedeles are lovely.

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                              Choko
                              Iron Heart Deity
                              Joined: 17 Jan 2017

                              Aww super cute pup^

                              I’ve posted my dobies before but I just love this picture

                              Less is more

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                                EdH
                                Iron Heart Deity
                                Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                @JDelage:

                                That penny trick is amazing! This is a smart doggie.

                                We're getting our golden pup next week. We're very excited…

                                It was quite easy to train him to find the penny if you want to have a go once your golden is a bit older:

                                1. Hold the penny up to dog, say 'yes' and reward for any interaction with penny.
                                2. Once dog has figured out that something is going on, refine the behaviour by insisting on tapping the penny with its nose to get the treat;
                                3. Check that the dog understands that the reward is for the penny, and not whichever hand you have been holding it in, by swapping the hand that holds the penny randomly. When the dog interacts with the penny, not the empty hand, reward the dog.
                                4. Start to put the penny on the floor near you and in an obvious place (e.g. on a plain carpet or tile floor). Reward for 'finding' the penny with its nose. Move the penny around for each go.
                                5. Once the dog has this, introduce a behaviour you want the dog to do after finding the penny. So if you wanted a Down like I do, then once the dog 'finds' the penny command the Down, and only reward once the dog is in the Down. After a few repetitions the dog will learn that finding the penny predicts that you will command a Down, and start to offer a Down without you needing to command it. Keep repping until the dog goes into the Down (or whatever behaviour) reliably and without having to be asked.
                                6. Now start incrementally extending the length of time the dog performs the "i have found it" behaviour before delivering the reward. You want the dog to understand that it might have to wait for you to catch up to it before it gets rewarded. You may also want to add distractions at this stage to make the behaviour bomb-proof.
                                7. Start rewarding by placing food on top of the penny, using it like a tiny dinner plate. The dog will start to love those tiny copper disks.
                                8. Now you are off to the races. Start 'hiding' the penny further and further away from the dog, until you get to the point where you are genuinely hiding it out of its sight and the dog understands that it has to sniff the penny out. Sometimes accompany the dog and find the penny together, for example on-lead in the park, or off lead and making the dog have to find it without your close-company and then you catch up once it's in the Down.

                                It's a good game for dogs that like to sniff when walking because over time they will learn that the most rewarding smells to fixate on are not those that are around normally, but the ones that you place there. My dog started to pay less attention to the pavement and verges and more attention to me after he got good at this game.

                                If your dog is large enough and or stupid enough to swallow a penny, maybe consider using a different object? It just so happens that copper coins are quite smelly.

                                The new pup looks gorgeous by the way. Good luck with her training, and that awful mouthy period where they chew everything!

                                Take the dive...

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                                  Aetas
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 19 Jun 2013

                                  @JDelage:

                                  @Aetas - Beautiful dog! Airedeles are lovely.

                                  Thanks @JDelage .
                                  Welcome to Pika!

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                                  • OaktaviaO
                                    Oaktavia
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                    @JDelage:

                                    Meet new fam’ member, Pika.

                                    Soooooo ridiculously cute!!! My wife and I have two goldens that are 14 months old. They are wonderful pups to have. Take lots of photos when Pika is young! You can never get enough as they grow so quickly. Happy for you  🙂

                                    IG: electricindigowizard

                                    "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                    WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                                    • seawolfS
                                      seawolf
                                      Mod Squad
                                      Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                                      Two pics of Murphy, and one of Murphy and Kona.

                                      “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                      @zeebeeleather

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                                        jordanscollected
                                        啓蒙家
                                        Joined: 13 Nov 2018

                                        Firefly passed away over a year ago and we’ve been looking for a horse for me ever since. I’ve been riding Dreamer who is owned by our friend where we board Nola, and I’ve grown to love her, but we still had the urge to find my next horse. We spent time traveling to auctions and replying to Facebook posts and riding wacky weird horses.

                                        Yesterday I brought home Beau. He’s a 15 year old Tennessee Walker and was wondering by an acquaintance of ours. She reached out wondering if knew anyone looking for a horse and him and I will make a great match. We moved him to the new farm yesterday which causes a huge energy shift for the herd. Today we took him on his first trail ride and… I didn’t die.

                                        world tours:
                                        888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                        Mad Red x2
                                        Wabidashery

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                                        • goosehdG
                                          goosehd
                                          Mod Squad
                                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                          @jordanscollected Congratulations on the new horse!  Please make sure your horses are vaccinated for “West Nile Virus”.  There have been a few cases reported in your area recently and the outcome is poor to bad…The virus causes neurological issues in horses that is not treatable.

                                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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