[nagdu] The new GDB

[Jeanette Beal]

I got Drummer almost 2 yrs ago from GDB San Rafael and we were doing clicker
a little bit even then. I too would love to hear more about the new 2 week
training style. I'd imagine that if there were less downtime there'd be more
training thus no need for so much training (I mean really you get 2-4 hrs of
training a day on average right?). However reality leads me to believe folks
are just getting less training time in altogether.

Really these schools don't make it easy to find a favorite, what with
changing things every couple of seconds!

Jeanette

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:07 PM, KAYE KIPP <kkipp123 at msn.com> wrote:

> Yes, the training was very different.  There's a real emphasis on food
> rewards, which I found hard to get used to, but at least with Marjorie, it
> works.  We also worked with the clicker.  It does work. I clicker-trained
> Marjorie to find a bus pole and she'll never pass that pole up without at
> least showing it to me.  And it didn't take very long.
>
> There was still plenty of waiting around, but since I've been there, the
> training has changed.  The training is only for two weeks, even for
> first-timers, at least in Boring.  I would think there wouldn't be so much
> waiting around now because the training would have to be more intense.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 11:57 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] The new GDB
>
>
>  Kaye, you're just the sort of person I've been wanting to talk to, someone
>> who's been to GDB recently, and had GDB dogs before (as have I).
>> I've been reading a bit about GDB's new approach--less waiting around
>> during training, and using clicker training.
>> Did you find your recent class to be significantly different from previous
>> classes?  Do you use different methods to control or correct your dog than
>> you did before?  I realize it's very hard to compare dogs.  My Echo was
>> very different from my Amba, even though they were both black labs from
>> GDB, and trained with the same methods.  But a correction that would turn
>> Echo into a quivering jello would barely have gotten Amba's attention.
>> Also, I went through GDB's 2-week retrain class 4 different times, and
>> there was still plenty of waiting around, though not nearly as much as for
>> the first-timers.  On the other hand, it seemed like my dogs were just
>> getting to the testing stage of things when I was getting ready to go
>> home, and I needed someone out on follow-up in a month or two to help me
>> polish up the rough edges.
>> Anyway, I'd be real interested to hear your thoughts about your recent
>> training, and if it was really different from before.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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