A little help needed please. Sorry for the length.
I have had Kahn since just before he was 4 months old. We attended a couple training sessions with the club I belong to, but during the last month or so I have not been able to attend very much do to family problems and my other pups medical issues.
Yesterday I attended a group training day and Kahn was excited to be out training again. He tracked fantastic! Due to the heat we decided to skip doing the OB and just go through some bitework. Well the trainer starts teasing him with the tug on a rope and he was pulling like crazy to get it. He brought the tug up and started to swing it and gave him a chance to grab and he missed the first shot, but didnt let the second even a chance to go by. Kahn held and I brought him around and the trainer then tugged and Kahn pulled like crazy to get it away. I brought him around again and Kahn decided to drop the tug. The trainer grabbed it again and swung it around and Kahn nailed it. I brought him around and he just dropped it again. The trainer picked it up and Kahn just starred at him. The trainer had to get a little more active and moved around a bit and that got Kahn going again for a min and he let Kahn win the tug he walked a few feet and dropped it. The trainers like what the ****. He grabbed it and swung it again and when Kahn grabbed it had me take him off the field. He said that his "want" died out. He suggested that when we play/practice some that as soon as he drops the tug for the first time to take it away and stop.
Wel I had to work all night last night so I slept most of today. I did take him outside to do a little playing and practice what our trainer suggested. I teased him with the tug on the ground to get him started and he gets mouthfulls of dirt trying to attack the tug. So I brought it up and after 2 shots at grabbing it I let him win it. He played fine for a couple min and then just dropped it. I took it away gave him a min and tried again and he only held it for a short time and dropped it again and I couldnt really seem to get him excited again so I stopped.
I have kept my session short no longer than 5 minutes to try to keep him interested but he is seeming to drop out of drive really fast. I am wondering if anyone else has any expierence or ideas on how to get him more interested and keeping his drive up longer. It has been suggested to crate him more so that when he come out he had more pent up energy so that when he is more focused and realizes that when he comes out its to be with me and play. I have tried this some and it worked some, but my fiance lets him out and lets him run all over the place and play with our other pup all evening and then takes them to bed with her. So I am not sure if that is hurting the process. Is there anything else I could do to help? If that is my best idea I will build a small kennel in my basement and ony work/play with him myself.
I have had Kahn since just before he was 4 months old. We attended a couple training sessions with the club I belong to, but during the last month or so I have not been able to attend very much do to family problems and my other pups medical issues.
Yesterday I attended a group training day and Kahn was excited to be out training again. He tracked fantastic! Due to the heat we decided to skip doing the OB and just go through some bitework. Well the trainer starts teasing him with the tug on a rope and he was pulling like crazy to get it. He brought the tug up and started to swing it and gave him a chance to grab and he missed the first shot, but didnt let the second even a chance to go by. Kahn held and I brought him around and the trainer then tugged and Kahn pulled like crazy to get it away. I brought him around again and Kahn decided to drop the tug. The trainer grabbed it again and swung it around and Kahn nailed it. I brought him around and he just dropped it again. The trainer picked it up and Kahn just starred at him. The trainer had to get a little more active and moved around a bit and that got Kahn going again for a min and he let Kahn win the tug he walked a few feet and dropped it. The trainers like what the ****. He grabbed it and swung it again and when Kahn grabbed it had me take him off the field. He said that his "want" died out. He suggested that when we play/practice some that as soon as he drops the tug for the first time to take it away and stop.
Wel I had to work all night last night so I slept most of today. I did take him outside to do a little playing and practice what our trainer suggested. I teased him with the tug on the ground to get him started and he gets mouthfulls of dirt trying to attack the tug. So I brought it up and after 2 shots at grabbing it I let him win it. He played fine for a couple min and then just dropped it. I took it away gave him a min and tried again and he only held it for a short time and dropped it again and I couldnt really seem to get him excited again so I stopped.
I have kept my session short no longer than 5 minutes to try to keep him interested but he is seeming to drop out of drive really fast. I am wondering if anyone else has any expierence or ideas on how to get him more interested and keeping his drive up longer. It has been suggested to crate him more so that when he come out he had more pent up energy so that when he is more focused and realizes that when he comes out its to be with me and play. I have tried this some and it worked some, but my fiance lets him out and lets him run all over the place and play with our other pup all evening and then takes them to bed with her. So I am not sure if that is hurting the process. Is there anything else I could do to help? If that is my best idea I will build a small kennel in my basement and ony work/play with him myself.