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Polona Bonač.
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December 17, 2022 at 7:00 pm #19295
Tellu is very energic little terrier, unfortunally her energy do not focus doing agility or other hobbies as much as it would be possible. I know that she has lot of power inside her, and I have take this situation as a positive challence.
Tellu is usually very motivated with food (😁), but I think I dont really understand how to use food in agility or other hobbies. My other dogs are more a toy oriented, so this situation is quite new for me.
December 17, 2022 at 10:24 pm #19300Welcome! I love terriers and yes, sometimes they need a little challenge before they are willing to put in 100% of their energy. And you have came to the right place to learn about all possible ways to reward and have fun with your dog. 🙂
I just have a request regarding videos – my comp offered no other option than download. And since I am using mobile data for internet where I live at the moment, I would like to avoid downloading it. If I am just “blond” and there is a way for me to see this video on the cloud, pleas educate me. 🙂 If not, please upload this video somewhere where I will be able to see it without downloading. Thanks! 🙂December 18, 2022 at 8:10 am #19304December 18, 2022 at 8:12 am #19305The problem was in my side, sorry. Hope you see my video now.
December 18, 2022 at 8:33 am #19306We did little in our hall too. Hope I understood this exercice correct.
And of course did some mistakes too🫣
December 19, 2022 at 12:00 pm #19316She is a cutie! <3 And yes, you did everything pretty well! I really liked the last hide and seek video, no mistakes in my book! 🙂
When you have space, you can switch into an even higher gear with food throws. Throw a treat and than run away as fast as possible and as far as you can get. Full mode sprint. The more running you include and the more she feels "hurried" the more fun it will be for her. And you can freely mix with hide and seek as well - especially when she is taking long to find a treat or gets distracted with something. Best way she can find you when she looks back at you after finishing the treat is either running full speed away from you or being nowhere at all (hidden :)).
With pokes variate between keeping the hand moving for engagement but also keeping it still at times (you can loosen the grip over the treat when you do that - spread your fingers) so she channels all her energy into trying to "poke and push" her way towards the treat. In that phase react to what you feel more than what you see. You can even close your eyes to rely only on what you feel on your hand. 🙂January 3, 2023 at 7:18 pm #19417January 3, 2023 at 7:28 pm #19418We have tried to play with toys. Tellu is interesting about a toy, but only so long that she can catch the toy. And then she just want to go away an “kill and eat” the catch. I don’t have any idea, how I can get Tellu to interest to playing with me. And here are only few short videos about our playing sessions. Or our trying sessions…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR4gskBD6zgJanuary 3, 2023 at 7:41 pm #19420The only toy Tellu are intrested in is her baby toy… so we play with those.
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Soili Makkonen.
January 3, 2023 at 9:18 pm #19426It is really not as bad as it seems! I imagine it doesn’t feel like that, because it is not really consistent and she is really interested in destroying the toys, but she is interested in both chasing and tugging as well so we have something to build on. 🙂
I would absolutely keep trying to play with all kinds of toys, even the ones from the first video, but make a chase “worthy of a terrier” :), run away with the toy fast, so she feels a real rush catching up. It will transfer into tugging as well. When you let her win after a short tugging session, that toy gives you a good opportunity to play “in between” because it is not as self rewarding as the one with fur or plush. You can “stalk” her and if she is too busy chewing on the toy to notice, grab the toy and make full speed chase again and repeat… let her see that she has to pay attention to you or she will loose the toy over and over again. When she will start to watch you and respond to your movement you can sometimes stalk, provoke, make contact and run away quickly. Repeat couple of times. If she doesn’t want to follow even after a couple of tries, next time run away with the second toy. These things need some time, nothing dramatic will happen in the first session, you have to be stubborn, play along and observe to see what makes her “tick”. 🙂With food pocket she was trying to pick fur and get inside at first but started to tug really well. If she is chewing rather than tugging, make tight pressure – pull the toy close and also “slap” her sides, so she no longer has time to chew but has to start “fighting” for the toy. When you see that happen like at 0.39 for example, let her pull the toy out of your hands, so she knows her “job” is to fight for the toy. When she wins, go there as soon as possible but without looking like a threat to her. Step on the leash of the toy first so she can’t run away and then get down to help her get to food as soon as possible, so she doesn’t have much time to practise chewing and picking fur.
With “baby toys” also make sure you are not too active when she is holding on, you have to give her the opportunity to lean and pull back and reward that by letting go of the toy.
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