fjm

I think it's partly boredom, and partly "I've already done that, she must want something different this time". Poppy's problem is that she gets so excited she finds it hard to concentrate - she does lie down, but manages to bounce even in that position! Sophy seems to get anxious about getting things right - I actually pulled back from training tricks etc with her because she found it stressful. She is much happier if she is the one inventing games and teaching them to me!

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liljaker

JE-UK - thanks for the info on kikopup training on YouTube. I just watched a Sit Stay -- and she is ver good and yes, lots of food reinforcements, but she seems to know what she is doing. Will need to check out others. I keep thinking that wow, I'd have to cut Sunny's meals down to ZILCH if I did that much food training though. As it is, I am worried about his little waist broadening with the lack of good running exercise he is used to.

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JE-UK

Nothing wrong with him getting his full meal allowance in training. Often, if we are doing a lot of training, mine gets a symbolic dinner rather than the real thing, i.e. 5 bits of kibble and a teaspoon of wet. He does not think much of this idea .

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