Finding Gina's triggering point...

Up till now I haven't been doing bad with Gina's training at all. But I didn't really manage to convey what I real wanted to do her. All the tools that worked with Daisy only seem to be partially successful with Gina. On the one hand she is certainly not Daisy at all on the other hand she is a couple of hers younger. Her prey drive is stronger and so is her play drive.
It's not like that she is a silly dog. The opposite is true. Gina is highly intelligent and tries to figure out what I want form her. But today I realized something particular. She is much easier to handle with all distraction when I get her in a working mode. And this dog loves to work for rewards. If she thinks she did something right, well she pretty much expects some kind of reward. So far voice commands have only been partially successful. But that was all going to change today. This afternoon we had a particular successful training session. And I realized that combing a voice command with a physical clue makes Gina go. I managed to establish a physical clue that makes her come back to me, wait and sit down. With that being said, it works about 80 percent of the time. And it will take lots of repetitions for her to retain the knowledge. But it's definitely a step in the right direction. And yes I'm aware of the fact that for a 3 year old Aussie being 3 hours out on walks doesn't really tire her out. Pretty soon that's going to change as well...especially on weekends.
But with those new clues I made quite some progress ins stopping her form pulling on the leash like a freight train and she slowly seems to grasp the concept of walking on the short leash. In the beginning in need to call her back frequently, but once she gets into the mode she does fairly good. Considering the fact that nobody has taught walking on the short leash. So yes, I'm pretty happy about the success. But I have to admit that I sometimes get a little impatient with her, when she just doesn't do what she is supposed to do. And encounters with unbalanced dogs in the city are particularly difficult for Gina. And boy there are a lot of them. I still have yet to figure out the perfect way how to redirect her reaction towards unbalanced dogs.
I will keep you guys posted on the progress.