How About Some Tips/Tricks

[AL Clown]

What are some of the tips and/or tricks you use on a dog that doesn't want to work? And let's skip hand-walking, it is a good way to spend time with your animal but it will not get you there. I'm an Air Assualt soldier from Ft. Campbell walking was my specialty (10 min/mile pace) with a full load.

[meathead]

my dogs don't like anything with wheels or a motor so i use a vacuum for mill work

[EWO]

Sometimes conditioning can be a 'by any means necessary'. A person has to be creative at times to get the dog to move. The only real 'tip or trick' is to start them out early in life in order to find out what they will and maybe will not do and try to find ways to make it work.

We have had dogs across the spectrum, from ones who win spin a slat mill at 10 weeks old all the way to the dog who preferred sleeping 23 1/2 hours per day and would perform nothing. My partner had a female once who would not even hand walk, it was more of a hand drag. Hooked a snap to a section of conduit and pushed her out into the water. The bitch would not even swim, and it was a game of chicken as to who would give in first. The split second we were about to give in so she would not drown, she started paddling.

And everywhere in between.

There are no real tricks to it and the only tip is to start out as early as possible to find out what the dog will do and will not do. Use the things he will do willingly the best you can and then explore options on the things he will not. EWO

[brokeback]

Sometimes conditioning can be a 'by any means necessary'. A person has to be creative at times to get the dog to move. The only real 'tip or trick' is to start them out early in life in order to find out what they will and maybe will not do and try to find ways to make it work.

We have had dogs across the spectrum, from ones who win spin a slat mill at 10 weeks old all the way to the dog who preferred sleeping 23 1/2 hours per day and would perform nothing. My partner had a female once who would not even hand walk, it was more of a hand drag. Hooked a snap to a section of conduit and pushed her out into the water. The bitch would not even swim, and it was a game of chicken as to who would give in first. The split second we were about to give in so she would not drown, she started paddling.

And everywhere in between.

There are no real tricks to it and the only tip is to start out as early as possible to find out what the dog will do and will not do. Use the things he will do willingly the best you can and then explore options on the things he will not. EWO

Great post, EWO. I agree 100%.