How to pose train?

[Chaos]

How do you pose train a dog? I heard it makes them easier to pose or whatever, and that is just what I need. I just can't get my dogz to pose. Is there an easier way instead of just dropping them and taking picture after picture?

[Vega.]

Here's what I've learned as a good method for me:

- First, make sure you're in a playscene that has no ledges, animations, interactions, or sounds.
- Set your photos to autosave, because it'll save you a lot of time if you haven't already!
- Pick up your dog until it spins right, and then wait until you think it's suitably aligned
- Drop your dog
- Start taking pictures

If your dog jumps about or moves start again. If your dog looks scared or hides, then just keep taking photos. If you start as a puppy they get used to the camera by the time they're adults and won't do that anymore.
If your dog looks like it's posing, but it's eyes are wide open and odd looking, it isn't posing properly. Your dog need to have relaxed looking eyes.

The next bit is a bit tricky

You need to watch your dog very closely, as it starts to move into it's pose, STOP TAKING PICTURES. That part is very very important. If you don't let it pose without taking pictures it will jump out of position.

If it first enters a dali pose, quickly take some pictures, and then stop. Your dog should then start to lift it's head up and move to it to face straight ahead. Once it has done this, try clicking once infront of it's head and may line itself up better, and then quickly get some photos.


You should by the end have some reasonable photos. Sometimes you'll need to repeat the steps a lot before your pet becomes used to the camera and you get some decent shots.



EDIT: If you find that helpful I'll make a new thread and sticky it

[Princess Artie.]

Actually, there is an easier and possibly more effective way. I've trained 10+ dogs with this method and it works perfectly fine. There is also stuff about a healthy diet for your petz etc.

www.freewebs.com/lauraatak/healthandshowtraining.htm

Note: For those with Petz 5, the weave poles won't work so use the course at the Asian Temple instead. It works exactly the same and trains your dogs even more.

Edit:

Just a note, but I have used Vega's method before I discovered Loxfiredance's method and it was quite successful but I found Lox's method easier since I had a written guideline to follow and it was just.. easier. xD

[pebble]

i use vega's method, and find it works quite well. people say you can actually train a dogz to go into a show pose immediately. i think this would require a lot of picture taking.
note: use the space bar to take pictures, it goes faster.
however, i found that viewing the pictures before i saved them was helpful, so i didnt waste memory. you do this by turning off the autosave function. but- its up to you.

[Chaos]

Vega., thanks so much! You're method is really starting to work for me. ;D I'm new at petz, so that's why I didn't get into the training, excercise thing...because I really don't understand that stuff...but Vega....thank you so much!! I'm getting really close, I can feel it!

[Vega.]

You're most welcome ;D Looking at the latest pictures of your poses you're definitely improving a lot!