Hey guys! I'm new here but thought I'd share a game I recently used with my puppy, and surprisingly it actually worked! He doesn't have the best impulse control but I swear there is a visible difference http://www.dogtrainergames.com/its-yer-choice/
Here is a little game has helped me with Coco's impulse control. Coco is frustrated on leash as he wants to greet all comers.
This is pretty much how you can 'leave' with a dog except the dog never gets a reward from the hand with the treats.
Hi there and welcome from Ariel (1 year old) and I! We’ve actually worked with Ariel on her impulse control from the very early days using the hand method you shared. Worked great! We also used the floor method, however we didn’t cover the treat, just left it sitting there. I then took it a step further and would “accidentally” brush or drop food off the counter when I was working at it, and each time she would look at me and wait for my ok before going for it. We’re now working on having Christmas snacks etc on coffee tables beside us, and so far she’s very interested but not going for anything. But....I wouldn’t trust her far enough to leave her alone with them! Lol. Setting her up for success only! She also doesn’t counter surf (so far!) which I’m really thankful for.
This video made me wince. It is indeed correctly titled 'teaching lead frustration' because it completely is an exercise in frustration for the dog. The trainer carries on for 2 minutes with barely any improvement. The dog clearly expects to run and eat a thrown treat - probably because people have throw treats for him. And the trainer stops him. Repeatedly. And then give him a treat when he looks at her, most likely in total bemusement... This would be much, much faster if the trainer communicated to the dog what he was supposed to be doing, reinforced that, and introduced the distraction such that the dog got a reinforcer for was he was supposed to do, not endless negative punishment for not being able to figure out what he was supposed to do.
Vonnie is only 12 weeks old, I can't imagine him not lunging for whatever interests him, although he's getting better! He gets really excited and jumps up and tries to hang on to our legs (occasionally he tries humping...) but that's a behavior that is especially dangerous around young children, so I am starting to transition to something like this but instead I walk around ignoring him while he chases or clings to me, and the moment he sits or behaves calmly, i'll click and give him a treat. He's starting to figure out that calm behavior gets him a reward
Thanks for sharing! I wonder if using something instead of a treat to entice him, and then clicking and giving him a treat when he instead looks at you and stops pulling, might get him to pick it up quicker....
Yeah, and "stay" as well! I actually ended up to doing this while standing up, and walking away until he stops following me and immediately rewarding him, I realized I might be accidentally transitioning to "stay".
Totally agree. People seem stuck in endless negative punishment for lead manners. It's not teaching the dog what we do want, it's punishing what we don't want. Let's try to be more proactive and set our dogs up for success.
I think I watched a different version of this originally, which I cannot find now. I toss a treat, then and as soon Coco looks at me, which he will do quite quickly, he gets a mark and then gets to go to the treat. I have gradually got him to approach the treat calmly. It has taught him to look at me before approaching. It is transferring to approaching dogs. I want him to check with me before diving in. I want him to approach in a calm manner.
That makes sense. I think that the issue is the previous poster and you might be talking about training different things? Like the other poster might be focusing more on the dog just not chasing after something and rewarding that behavior, which is probably step one. And then step two might be what you're doing, which is even for the treat he has to check in first. It's just a thought, like I said I'm new here so I don't know all the tricks and approaches
