By accustoming dogs to walk along the boom, they develop courage and coordination of movements. The need to develop this skill is also caused by the fact that with this kind of obstacles of the dog are often found in the practical service.
The sound command “Forward” and the gesture – throwing the right hand towards the movement serve as conditional stimuli.
The boom is a thick board or a log about 10 meters long, firmly fixed on two pillars, dug into the ground. The height of the boom from the ground does not exceed one meter. To enter the boom and descent from it, special slopes are made.
The skill is worked out like this. Holding the dog on a short leash, the trainer approaches the boom from the slope and becomes in front of it. Having straightened the leash and handed over the command: “Forward”, with a gesture of his right hand, he points to the slope, and his left makes light jerks over the leash, encouraging the dog to climb the crossbar. As soon as the dog makes the first movement along the boom, it is immediately encouraged by the command “good” and at the same time, holding with his left hand over the leash closer to the collar, carefully move forward with the dog to the opposite end of the boom. On the first day of classes, the dog tries to jump with the boom and get away from the performance of the command. In order to prevent this, you need to support the dog with the right hand for the leash, and with the left under the stomach, not allowing it to jump to the ground. During advancement by the boom, the dog is all the time, stroke, repeating the command “forward”. When the dog reaches the end of the crossbar and jumps, she is provided with a “free condition” and give rest.
Rice. 33. Consuming the dog to walk by boom
After several exercises, the dogs have a skill not only on the command of “forward”, but also to walk along one gesture and calmly walk along the boom.
In order to consolidate the skill, these exercises continue to improve: they teach the dog to cross the log through ditches filled with water, various ditches and swampy places.
When the dog is crossing the bridges resembling a boom, the trainer goes from behind and repeats the “forward” command.
If, when crossing the log or on the board through the ditch, the dog shows cowardice, the trainer can cross the first, and then call the dog with the “Come / Come here” command.
In the first lessons to overcome obstacles such as deep ditches and ditches, wider boards and logs should be used; as the dog develops courage and evenness in movements, the width of the boards is reduced.
Boom walking training takes place almost simultaneously with other obstacle crossing exercises.
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