Can you explain the difference between charge the mark and teaching a dog it's name?
In this video, Ed Frawley shares a question from the Ask Cindy database. Today's question focuses on what charging the mark means and how that is used differently than teaching your dog its name through the use of food rewards.
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Links
Your Puppy 8 Weeks to 12 Months by Ed Frawley - Online Course
The Power of Training Dogs with Markers - Article
Training the Recall by Michael Ellis - Online Course
The Power of Training Dogs with Markers by Ed Frawley - Online Course
The Problem with All Positive Dog Training - Article
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When people have specific training questions we recommend that they go to our website and post those questions in the ASK CINDY on the front page of leerburg.com. Cindy has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has competed in several dog sports at a regional and national level. She was also a vet tech and owned a boarding/training and grooming business for many years as well as breeding working Dobermans and Belgian Malinois under the kennel name Kaiserhaus.
Questions posted to ASK CINDY are answered almost every day. They are also recorded in our systems if a dog owner has additional questions Cindy will review the previous Q&As and this helps her give better feedback and assistance.