Release cue/click to end behaviour

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  1. HollyBerry

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    I wondered if i’m doing this all wrong.. for my dog at the click she always stays in the given position (if thats wjat we’re training) until the treat is delivered (either by throwing or coming to her). Even when i started adding a verbal as the release/click replacement shes still quite happy to just stay in position.. is this normal? I see lots of dogs in training videos jump up again at the click ready for the treat and to go again.

    Purely on a practical level with mat work for the sit at a distace it means i’m doing a lot of luring and phaffing around trying to get her standing again haha. If i just throw the treat she finds some way to lean in to it usually!! How can i improve this? Is there something i’m doing wrong? Or does it not matter?
    Are your release cues the same as your replacement clicker verbal marker or is that wrong as well?
     
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    Did you find an answer?
    Its been harder for me to build duration into a cue - my pups pop up at the click!
     
  3. HollyBerry

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    I thought about it some more and i think i need to more properly reinforce the release cue.. and seperate it from my verbal clicker substitute!! i found this link which is maybe useful for you too then as its helping build the distraction and duration through waiting!
    https://dogmantics.com/always-remember-to-release-your-dog/
     
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    Different trainers use the clicker in different ways when it comes to the release. Some trainers want the dog to continue the behaviour at the click, but the vast majority of trainers want the click to terminate the behaviour.

    To achieve this, click and then just throw the treat. You have to throw it far enough that the dog is going to have to get up to go and get it.

    If you repeat that often enough, the dog will start to get up at the click, anticipating that the treat is about to come.

    You can also have a different marker cue - like a word such as 'ACE' or 'YES' - which tells the dog 'that's the right thing, but please keep doing it'. So you can use whichever you want, depending on what you are training. You don't need to use just one marker.
     
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    Thanks Jo! I probably have done too much static reinforcement.. i use a lot of 'good girl' and 'wow' etc etc to keep the vocalisation going when she's doing the right thing but worried i was just chatting too much and giving her too much info to pick through. But the yes/click is consistent. I'll try with really throwing the treat for every static position click and see how that changes the response!
     
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