Hi all - new to the forum so please bare with me.
I have two labs - one 5 month boy (Kai) and we have just rescued an 18 month old girl (Roxie).
I've had Kai since 8 weeks old and he is (although am not biased) fantastic - heel work on and off lead, 99% recall etc and am hoping to do field trialling work with him, but not for a good while yet.
Our new girl, however is a completely different kettle of fish and I'm wondering where to start untraining or retraining 18 months of bad habits?
The couple we got her from had a huge thick collar and lead fit for a lion not our slender, pretty wee girl on her - so thats in the bin and I now have muscles a power lifter would be proud of in my arms from walking her. Have to say though that in the two weeks we've had her her heel work and recall have improved slightly - however she knows how to sit, just wont do it unless am dangling copious amount of treats in front of her. Tonight as I was taking my boy out, she jumped the 3 foot fence to chase after us - didnt want left behind I dont think, although she had just come back from the park.
I exercise the sometimes together, they love the beach and chasing each other round the woods but should I also be exercising them seperately, the two dogs have formed an amazing friendship already.
I was hoping to do some agility work with her but not sure how long its going to take me to get to a basic level of obedience with her, if ever.
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks
I have two labs - one 5 month boy (Kai) and we have just rescued an 18 month old girl (Roxie).
I've had Kai since 8 weeks old and he is (although am not biased) fantastic - heel work on and off lead, 99% recall etc and am hoping to do field trialling work with him, but not for a good while yet.
Our new girl, however is a completely different kettle of fish and I'm wondering where to start untraining or retraining 18 months of bad habits?
The couple we got her from had a huge thick collar and lead fit for a lion not our slender, pretty wee girl on her - so thats in the bin and I now have muscles a power lifter would be proud of in my arms from walking her. Have to say though that in the two weeks we've had her her heel work and recall have improved slightly - however she knows how to sit, just wont do it unless am dangling copious amount of treats in front of her. Tonight as I was taking my boy out, she jumped the 3 foot fence to chase after us - didnt want left behind I dont think, although she had just come back from the park.
I exercise the sometimes together, they love the beach and chasing each other round the woods but should I also be exercising them seperately, the two dogs have formed an amazing friendship already.
I was hoping to do some agility work with her but not sure how long its going to take me to get to a basic level of obedience with her, if ever.
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks