Originally Posted by
goshawkr
Just play with it - train your dog to do something amuzing as a test project for example. Something that it wont matter if the training gets all botched up. OC relies on delicate timing and consistency, and that takes some practice to get down. My first real OC project was training my dog to bring a ball to me when we played fetch, but due to poor timing on my part, I instead trained him to drop it exactly 6 feet away from me and even though my skills at OC dramatically increased afterwards, I was never able to fix that behavior. I suppose I could have if I was really motivated to, but the point is made. He went to his grave thinking his job was to make me walk two steps to get the ball back.
Geoff, I think you really hit on a point here with OC training with raptors. Personally, I never got why everyone wanted to switch from what they thought they were doing to OC because basically it is all OC. LOL But back to point, we all see many problems folks tell us about with a bird on here and if they are really honest and tell us all the steps they went through in training, we will see where they came up short (no pun to your situation with your dog lol) and if they had just done this or that, the bird wouldn't be doing what they didn't want. OC training to me is really about routine with a raptor, if you do the same thing over and over, they get it. And as Jeff said, nothing cures more problems than just getting out there and hunting!!!!!
Fred
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson