ted efthymiadis wrote 10/27/2007 01:00 PM heeling question... #159999 - 10/27/2007 01:00 PM
ted efthymiadis Webboard User Reg: 03-02-2007 Posts: 278 Loc: Offline	hi, I'v been working on a nice solid heel for months now with my 8 month old Malinois (BB) We have been trainning with the orbee ball. My question is this: I have a great heel, on and off leash, but I'm still using the ball. How do I make the transition to no long using the ball to get him to heel? Thank you in advance
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Bob Scott wrote 10/27/2007 06:55 PM Re: heeling question... [Re: ted efthymiadis ] #160017 - 10/27/2007 06:55 PM
Bob Scott Moderator Reg: 06-14-2002 Posts: 7417 Loc: St. Louis Mo Offline	Right now your bribing the dog into heeling. Do you mark your successes with a word before the ball is given? You need to convince the dog he WILL get rewarded even though he doesn't see the ball. That may take you back to square one till the dog realizes it WILL appear. Example; We teach eye contact with a marker and then a reward. The dog is rewarded for this eye contact even though the ball is held out to our side. Eventually the ball is kept in our pocket and RANDOMLY marked and rewarded. After teaching EVERY behaviour as a seperate exercise, start chaining them together. The dog has to believe the reward will come even though it's out of sight. There's no reason to ever stop random reward during the dogs lifetime. old dogs LOVE to learn new tricks
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ted efthymiadis wrote 10/27/2007 08:37 PM Re: heeling question... [Re: Bob Scott ] #160023 - 10/27/2007 08:37 PM
ted efthymiadis Webboard User Reg: 03-02-2007 Posts: 278 Loc: Offline	thanks for the info!
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Connie Sutherland wrote 10/27/2007 08:50 PM Re: heeling question... [Re: ted efthymiadis ] #160025 - 10/27/2007 08:50 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Ted, have you seen this? http://www.leerburg.com/markers.htm It's all about what Bob is saying. If you follow it through all the steps, you'll be rewarding instaed of bribing, and you'll work your way from rewarding every time to occasional random rewarding.
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ted efthymiadis wrote 10/28/2007 01:35 PM Re: heeling question... [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #160095 - 10/28/2007 01:35 PM
ted efthymiadis Webboard User Reg: 03-02-2007 Posts: 278 Loc: Offline	thanks for the comments. always a big help!!!!!!!!!
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