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© Jukka Pätynen - Riemukauppa.fi
ra Mikkanen's Tips for Better Training By Mari Oksanen
Ira Mikkanen is a Finnish agility
competitor who has represented
Finland four times in the European
Open with her Sheltie Carma. She
also has a young Sheltie named Iva.
In addition to competing, coaching
has become extremely dear to her.
Now she shares her thoughts about
how each of us can improve our agility training, and also how clubs can
improve the training possibilities
they offer.
If there's no good reason to do the exercise, don't do it.
There are questions you need to ask
yourself before every training session.
Dogs learn best when they fail 20% of the time and succeed 80% of the time.
"In coaching, individual goal setting,
individual exercises, and tracking
development are very important." Ira
asks herself the following questions
before every training session:
* What do I want to train right now?
* Why do I want to train it?
* What are my goals for this particular exercise, and what do I reward?
* How many repetitions will I ask
from my dog, and how much will
it strain him?
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For Ira, individual training is very important. "I train twice a week, both dogs on
different days. The exercises are planned around a specific theme, and training
normally includes a maximum of eight obstacles."
Ira points out the importance of concentrating on what you are doing. "If you
want to get to the next level, it's important to concentrate on the moment-
on the theme at hand and the dog in front of you. I make separate plans for Iva
and Carma since they have totally different challenges. Iva needs to train uninterrupted threadles and tunnel/dogwalk discrimination while Carma knows
these things already. I don't want to waste training time on stuff that my dog
has mastered already. If there's no good reason to do the exercise, I don't do it."
According to Ira, who is also a school teacher, children learn best when they
fail 25% of the time and succeed 75% of the time. "For dogs, this is 20% and
80% with individual differences, of course."
Ira says that an exercise is too easy if
your dog succeeds on 100% of repetitions. "The reason for doing any training
is to progress your dog's skills. You need
to challenge your dog to do so. But,
on the other hand, you need to make
sure his confidence stays at a high level
throughout the training session. With
an 80/20 rate, you get to reward often
and take care of your dog's confidence.
And, if there are two failures in a row,
stop to think about what caused them."
Watch Ira and Carma training
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