SH340: IPO Obedience: Sendout and Down Stay
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Course Details
We talk about different methods of adding speed to the sendout, and what fits your dog and dog's personality. Downing at a distance, downing quickly, and downing with something else drawing the dog away are all vital parts of proofing for the down on the sendout.
In the down stay under distraction, we deal with problem solving the most common mistakes. Gun fire, moving dogs, other dogs being recalled, other dogs going for a dumbell, jumping, etc. are all distractions that need to be proofed before expecting your dog to stay for the 20 minute stay required in IPO.
This course would also be appropriate for dogs who need help on either the AKC sendout or the French ring or Mondio sendout, plus any sport that needs a long stay under distraction.
Students taking this class should have completed FE130 (Toy Play) or have strong toy play skills. Understanding of the concept of marker cues is recommended. Dogs should have the beginnings of a down stay. This is an advanced topic.
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Syllabus
Down stay topography: hip over or sphinx?
Distractions in down stay
Shape (offered) or cue?
Hidden down stays of competition
Down at a distance
Down with distraction (send out down)
Sendout-wrapping
Sendout-touch pad
Putting it all together
Prerequisites & Supplies
Students taking this class should have completed FE130 (Toy Play) or have strong toy play skills. Understanding of the concept of marker cues is recommended. Dogs should have the beginnings of a down stay. This is an advanced topic.
Sample Lecture
Down at a Distance: First Steps
Let’s separate out the skill of downing at a distance in the send out exercise. This lecture deals with the distance aspect of the dog being away from the handler and listening to the down cue
Steps:
- Down at a distance while tied to a fence, or held back by a person
- Down at a distance free from restraint
- Down with a “fake toy throw”
Down at a distance with restraint:
Some dogs have really learned that obedience cues are performed near the handler and have lots of difficulty figuring out how to down without being right next to you. Those dogs benefit from a session or two of being tied to a fence and asked to down. Start 1 step away, then 2 steps, etc… Don’t advance steps until your dog is successful at downing without testing the leash first.
Down at a distance without restraint:
Some dogs can start at this step. If you’ve kept a really thinking training system, and you’ve kept good criteria for the down, then sometimes the distance doesn’t matter. I’m pretty sure I had to tie Reik to the fence when I first introduced the concept of distance to him, but Ones has never needed that step. This is Ones first session introducing this concept:
This is Reik showing how to increase distance and another added step of getting the dog to setting the dog up in a stay facing away from you, before cuing to down.
Usually as you practice this skill, the dog starts to anticipate. This is awesome! Go practice this on your send out field and start creating that association of downing in the general vicinity of the send out line.
Down with a fake throw:
I like to add this step in because it gets the dog at a distance from you, and at a more aroused state than the previous steps. They get wise to this as well so don’t do two in a row! Here is Reik:
Happy Training!
Instructor
Shade Whitesel
Faculty
Shade Whitesel (she/her) has been training and competing in dog sports since she was a kid. Always interested in how dogs learn, she has successfully competed in IPO/schutzhund, AKC obedience and French Ring. Her retired dog, Reiki vom Aegis, IPO 3, FH 1, French Ring 1, CDX, was 5th at the...