Ditto Sekah on reinforcing it. Auggie had a great startline stay, he doesn't now because I stopped using it - he drove faster if I ran with him. =P It's not really an issue with him, so rarely did I do lead outs - even if he gets up and starts to break I'm so much faster than he is that I can get where I need to be anyway.
Payton's is a constant work in progress (surprise!) but he was really great at our last trial weekend. Part of our overall continuing self-control work.
Georgie has a pretty good one, but she will stand up and shake off as a stress response, but she won't actually move forward or try to break the plane of the obstacle. I'm thinking about just leaving her in a stand rather than asking for a sit to try and reduce the stress, but she probably just needs more work reinforcing it. Something to get on my mom about I guess.
I see a lot of dogs who are "creepy" at the line... they'll move just slightly whenever the handler isn't looking, so slightly the handler might not even notice, but they get their butt just a little bit closer. And of course a lot of dogs where the handlers have to be really REALLY careful to not move too suddenly or make any noise or the dog will break. I think it's a thing that not a lot of people care a whole lot about, honestly. They would rather the dog not drop bars, get their weave poles, hit their target, et cetera, than push too much for a dog who doesn't move a whisker at the startline. I admit it's not super important for me either, except in the case of Payton where we have a major self-control issue anyway and I feel like I really need to reward and value self-control in him at any possible place.
Payton's is a constant work in progress (surprise!) but he was really great at our last trial weekend. Part of our overall continuing self-control work.
Georgie has a pretty good one, but she will stand up and shake off as a stress response, but she won't actually move forward or try to break the plane of the obstacle. I'm thinking about just leaving her in a stand rather than asking for a sit to try and reduce the stress, but she probably just needs more work reinforcing it. Something to get on my mom about I guess.
I see a lot of dogs who are "creepy" at the line... they'll move just slightly whenever the handler isn't looking, so slightly the handler might not even notice, but they get their butt just a little bit closer. And of course a lot of dogs where the handlers have to be really REALLY careful to not move too suddenly or make any noise or the dog will break. I think it's a thing that not a lot of people care a whole lot about, honestly. They would rather the dog not drop bars, get their weave poles, hit their target, et cetera, than push too much for a dog who doesn't move a whisker at the startline. I admit it's not super important for me either, except in the case of Payton where we have a major self-control issue anyway and I feel like I really need to reward and value self-control in him at any possible place.
