Post 2 of the series „How do you train Ninja?!“ #ninjatrainingthursday by Canis Indipendicus
Dog Training Thursday #002
Dog training Thursday #001
One of the most asked questions I receive is „How do you train Ninja?!“
I thought that it would be useful to make a series of posts related to that topic ( #ninjatrainingthursday )
At Castle Neudahn
Roughly a year ago we made a wonderful camping trip to the Wasgau, a forest covered hill-range in southern Germany close to the French Border, together with @kaihu_und_hadez
Got any Plans for the Weekend?
When it is hot like today 32°C/90°F it is essential to find other ways to fatigue our dogs.
Sunset with Ninja and Jupiter 8
This picture is another one taken with my 60 year old Jupiter 8. I am in love with its bubbly bokeh.
The Heat… a really passive Ninja
Been up all night working on some stuff, need to catch up on sleep today.
Taking a picture during the Golden Hour
One thing that I find awfully difficult to edit are pictures taken during the Golden Hour… In a nutshell cameras guess what is the color white of a picture and based on this guess calculate all the remaining colors.
Where is the leash?
As I was sitting at the riverside, taking pictures of Ninja he laid down a few steps away… He looked at me… so regal, so sovereign and I felt like having the most beautiful companion in the world… isn’t he amazing? He stood up and was eagerly awaiting a command.
Woofer Ninja, searching the leash
As I was sitting at the riverside, taking pictures of Ninja he laid down a few steps away… He looked at me… so regal, so sovereign and I felt like having the most beautiful companion in the world… isn’t he amazing? He stood up and was eagerly awaiting a command.
You know how it is.. you move a bit here and there… always trying to get the best composition for your picture and when you are done you are no longer certain it was a good idea to put leash and harness aside. Especially for these cases I taught him to find the leash, since I often put his harness and leash aside so they won’t disturb the pictures. Was not so easy to teach Ninja how to look for the leash, because he did not understand the „point“ of it…
At first I put the leash next to him… and as soon as he looked into the direction I gave him a reward…
After a bit he understood, that I meant the leash… and not just turn your head left or right… (this is important)
I moved the leash around and only rewarded him when he moved towards the leash…
Finally I only rewarded, when his muzzle touched the leash…
To turn this into a „fun“ task I always let him search for the leash before going outside…
This is why he still enjoys looking for the „boring“ leash, it is simply conditioned very positively…
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Ninja posing, once more, for the video
2 days ago I posted a video demonstrating directing Ninja from a distance to pose for pictures. Check it out, if you haven’t. He is truly a canine supermodel. I went through the shots I made that day and stumbled over this one…