Charlie thinks the objective of a game of tug is to see the human flat on her face in a pile of mud. And Betsy is still VERY bitey if things get...
Yep - for a specific trigger, it works. Betsy is certainly conditioned to turn to me for a treat when she sees a dog, and it's handy. It was a...
It’s in the Puppy Programme version. She says: I have had students who were so happy with the offered version of the game that they did not put...
I think the importance of actually creating a LAT cue is interesting. To really train 'look at that' as described by Leslie McDevitt, the cue is...
This video made me wince. It is indeed correctly titled 'teaching lead frustration' because it completely is an exercise in frustration for the...
:D Maybe....
That's a permission to take a reinforcer cue which results in the dog going to get the reinforcer....
So imagine what you would achieve together if it were clear to him. :D It really is very straightforward. If you want a dog to change position...
Being consistent doesn't mean 'in exactly the same way'. The context is that you have to be consistent in terms of whether or not the dog moves...
They don't the first time you do it for a new exercise. They do the second time. If you were only clicking for a one off event, with no...
I wouldn't use a different word, because I think it would dilute my mark, and also my mark is usually my clicker, which is much more effective...
A reinforcer delivered after a marker reinforcers everything (at least) from the behaviour you mark to the point the dog finishes with the...
Anyone with pretty much any dog will get this response. :) It's not desirable from a training point of view - it's just a bribe. The treats (or in...
No doubt at the time your vet was saying what he thought was right....but what he said is now known to be wrong. The chances of rupturing the...
I haven't been on this forum for a long time but browsed and saw your post. My dog ruptured his first ligament at 8 months, and his second at 2...
I've always thought that the materiel is associated with footballs rather than it being the material itself....but who knows? Maybe it's the...
Charlie is the same, only no amount of food will get a football off him at times. There just isn't a type or amount of food that is worth more...
The breed of dog is very relevant to the risk of cruciate damage. Unfortunately, Labradors are much more predisposed than other breeds, and as far...
There is nothing wrong with luring. :) There is a LOT right with luring, I do it a lot. But...you so knew there was a but, didn't you? :D:D:D...
Yes it is. And selling puppies in markets is appalling. Right. And? Er.....are you holding a logical argument together here, at all? :D:D:D...
