So Schatzi is about 5 months now, and I’m posting to address some frustration with her. She is normally in tune, ready to train. I’ve been trying to wean the food slowly while training and exchange for other rewards. Ex..ball, tug, etc. she had been doing great. We took yesterday off. No training at all. I’ve been busy, work 12 hours every day just about and usually train her when I get off (before any comments, no, she is not kenneled for 12 hours, usually only about 4-6 until my girlfriend is off). Today we met with our trainer/breeder, very reputable with gsd in area. She did not want to work obedience. Her focus was in everything but me, which is new and weird. Usually the hot dogs and cheese cubes are all she needs to know That I’m #1. Not today..she couldn’t care less. So, we did some pillow work and tracking. Then I went home. She did her normal thing. Was out for a little. I then kenneled her about an hour before we train, which I always do. No prob. I took her out back, which is where we train and it was the same sort of thing. As if she was saying forget obedience, not today. I don’t want to do it. Specifically with the plots
Command. By this point I was frustrated. I do not understand why she can sitz without a lure but refuses to plotz. There is no way she has not made the correlation by now, at least that’s what was in my head. Today, she wouldn’t even go down with the lure. I began forcing her into a plotz with her collar. Correct...prob not..but at this point in I was very annoyed. 2 weeks ago, we were working on a foos, now she cannot even down. Much less foos. It’s
Like a joke at this point. Is it time to change “training treats”, is she rebelling? Time to go back to 2 sessions a day and get up at 4am again? What’s the deal with her at this point? High value treat recommendations? Any help is greatly appreciated. It’s like she’s regressing and for the life of me, I cannot understand why. I look forward to training her every day when I get home, and she used to love it too. However, i feel I’m beginning not to. Not seeing results after hard work is frustrating.
Thanks for the responses and allowing me the opportunity to vent ahead of time lol
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Command. By this point I was frustrated. I do not understand why she can sitz without a lure but refuses to plotz. There is no way she has not made the correlation by now, at least that’s what was in my head. Today, she wouldn’t even go down with the lure. I began forcing her into a plotz with her collar. Correct...prob not..but at this point in I was very annoyed. 2 weeks ago, we were working on a foos, now she cannot even down. Much less foos. It’s
Like a joke at this point. Is it time to change “training treats”, is she rebelling? Time to go back to 2 sessions a day and get up at 4am again? What’s the deal with her at this point? High value treat recommendations? Any help is greatly appreciated. It’s like she’s regressing and for the life of me, I cannot understand why. I look forward to training her every day when I get home, and she used to love it too. However, i feel I’m beginning not to. Not seeing results after hard work is frustrating.
Thanks for the responses and allowing me the opportunity to vent ahead of time lol
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