The "last step" can cause MORE stress in many dogs as it would in most humans. The best way to end the exercise IME is to do a short series of "place" in regular spots. Vito's game really is an awesome enrichment exercise. I have a 2 year old Anatolian who is always in need of a job and VG gives him the right amount of activity and thinking to keep him in good spirits.
Oof I agree that end seems weird. I see the answers in comments...I feel there are much more positive, less forceful ways, to teach relaxing or an off switch than by basically forcing a learned helplessness. There are so many dogs that just holding as they struggle would be *horrible* for. Their body may be calm, but is their mind? Stresses? Confusion? all these things we want to *avoid* in training, and many dogs that would *increase*. Any excellent dog trainer will agree: if it doesn't feel right, don't do it. Figure out the purpose, determine if you wish to teach that, and then develop an approach that feels good to both you and the dog.
Susan Garrett got this game from a Italian named Vito. He's the original creator of the game, hence the name. The whole lap thing is the most important thing about this game. It learns the dog to relax, make a connection to its puppy time and mom liking them. Dixit Susan Garett. This game was on agility nation as to teach the command " easy " by Susan. A over exited dog whom makes faults during a agility training has to be calmed down, hence the game. Normally you say NOTHING until the dog is on the lap. Then you say " easy " wile stroking and the dog relaxes eventually. This dog struggles a bit in the beginning but eases down just before you say go away. That was a superb chance to pet the dog and teach it the " off " switch.
If I remember, that last part was to help the dog learn how to 'shut down and relax' instead of being ON all the time. At least that's the impression I got, and was the actual point of the game at the start. Susan Garrett adapted parts of it to introduce new obstacles in an interesting way that engaged the dog and made them think so it has many valuable uses!
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The "last step" can cause MORE stress in many dogs as it would in most humans. The best way to end the exercise IME is to do a short series of "place" in regular spots.
Vito's game really is an awesome enrichment exercise. I have a 2 year old Anatolian who is always in need of a job and VG gives him the right amount of activity and thinking to keep him in good spirits.
Oof I agree that end seems weird. I see the answers in comments...I feel there are much more positive, less forceful ways, to teach relaxing or an off switch than by basically forcing a learned helplessness. There are so many dogs that just holding as they struggle would be *horrible* for. Their body may be calm, but is their mind? Stresses? Confusion? all these things we want to *avoid* in training, and many dogs that would *increase*. Any excellent dog trainer will agree: if it doesn't feel right, don't do it. Figure out the purpose, determine if you wish to teach that, and then develop an approach that feels good to both you and the dog.
Susan Garrett got this game from a Italian named Vito. He's the original creator of the game, hence the name.
The whole lap thing is the most important thing about this game. It learns the dog to relax, make a connection to its puppy time and mom liking them. Dixit Susan Garett.
This game was on agility nation as to teach the command " easy " by Susan. A over exited dog whom makes faults during a agility training has to be calmed down, hence the game. Normally you say NOTHING until the dog is on the lap. Then you say " easy " wile stroking and the dog relaxes eventually. This dog struggles a bit in the beginning but eases down just before you say go away. That was a superb chance to pet the dog and teach it the " off " switch.
If I remember, that last part was to help the dog learn how to 'shut down and relax' instead of being ON all the time. At least that's the impression I got, and was the actual point of the game at the start. Susan Garrett adapted parts of it to introduce new obstacles in an interesting way that engaged the dog and made them think so it has many valuable uses!
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