Baby Dragon Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) ... Edited October 6, 2010 by Baby Dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdude Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 What is your training goal? Obedience trialling, or just training manners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bridgie_cat Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 start clicking with the clicker hidden in your pocket. Also - dont ever have food in sight. He doesnt know when you will have food and when you dont! (same with clicker - as yes, clicker = food to them!) ALWAYS click and TREAT - it is v important that the clicker is only used as a bridge between the behaviour and reward and never as a reward in itself! a treat can be food or a toy... praise not so much... a game - YES ... the thing is you have to condition them to accept each of these things as a reward for a behaviour. Then anything that = a reward to them, you can stick after the clicker! The VALUE of each reward must be evaluated (ie how much do they want each thing - perhaps food is worth more to them than a game - perhaps they have one toy that they will do backflips for etc etc) and when teaching a new or tricky behaviour, use a higher value reward - old stuff, use a lesser reward... As he gets REALLY confident with a behaviour - start lessening the amt of times you CLICK and TREAT for it - and you can stop using the clicker once the behaviour is established - add a CUE to it and once it is solid, start just treating for it (ie no clicker - just food or a toy... a lot of the time it can just be acknowledging that it was correct with a "good boy") - lessen the amt of treats he is getting for the behaviour until you are only rewarding once in a while... eg - an automatic sit I used to reward EVERY time - as we were establishing it... now - I will only reward at random if at all. Do not start lessening the treats until he knows what is expected of him - in the early stages, no treat can be translated to "you did it wrong" and you could take steps backwards - also, early stages you are still getting him really keen on the task - so until you have this it is easy for the task to become a chore instead of a fun game if there arent enough rewards... Bridget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Dragon Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) ... Edited October 6, 2010 by Baby Dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Bridgie cat - just covered everything I was about to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Dragon Posted September 19, 2007 Author Share Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) ... Edited October 6, 2010 by Baby Dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgie_cat Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Leo - they say great minds think alike - my guess is that crazy ones do too :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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