Thread: Looking for dog trainer in AK

good looking dog and far better than the normal looking one thats walking around up here, to be honest I havent seen any of that type around allmost looks heeler/huntaway both super high drive

scent work can be as simple as throwing a handful of kibble in the long grass, its just search and find, it dosent need to be a complex and its worked a treat to hammer in "look" and "find it" for me
if shes a pain at the start it usually means they are going to me amazing its just getting a handle on how to train something that high drive, which is a bloody learning curve as Iv come to find out in the last few months
I use to think the High drive was an issue, because I was trying to stop it now that Im just directing like an arrow its deadly, if you cant tire the body just tire the brain

most problems Iv seen can be helped or solved with a 30m piece of thin rope that you just stomp on when it dosent immediately listen to your command, the dog dosent see it as you stopping it, its like the environment around it stops the dog and it then looks at you and you can repeat the command. means you never have to even raise your voice and the dog cant do the not coming back or listening game

the only other thing Id add is hand signals to every command once they start getting it, they seem to respond strongly to the movement of your body more so than your voice
I also had a dog go deaf in old age and it wasnt a problem cause the hand signals still work perfectly and a heel quiet command thats just you moving your hand means you dont need to disrupt your conversation to correct/direct the dog

if you can sort of suss out what her make up is you may be able to find what the breeds were created for it might start to make sense why it does
Its made the things my dog does far more understandable now that I know mine was bred to be a moving fence on sheep in belgium

it does sound like your problem will ease with time if its just a hyper dog that has tons of drive and go but no outlet due to the healing time
if its following commands but just high energy you just need to ride that wave and direct it and reframe it as a good thing and work on the heel, stay, hold, wait sorts of things where you say when it is ok to go crazy and when its time to stop

its messy but when I find a problem I try put a command on the thing i dont like, I hated her biting my clothes when she got excited so I taught her a bite command and subsequently a leave it and no biting

Im super into this at the moment with this new girl iv had for the last 5 or so months so If im coming across barky or bossy or know all in this its just the adhd hyperfixation taking over and winning haha