My puppie is afraid of my clacker stick. I have only used it ones, just now (I just got it). I just laid it on the ground near us and did some bite work, he was fine with it untill I sat on the floor and tryed to get him to check it out and let me tuch him with it, and he did not like that. he did not get aggressive with it or anything he just ran from it(I had him on a lead so he was just running around me). he was not running hard but he was trying to avoide it.
I'm not sure what is the best way to get him ok with it with out making him more afriad of it. I really don'e want to push him. i don't want to make him fear it more, but I want him to know that it's nothing to be afraid of, and that he needs to just ignore it. What is the best way to do this?
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I would just leave it lay around and let him check it out. When you first showed him the stick did you clatter it before he had a chance to check it out?
I leave mine lay around, but Embers first experience was at the ME seminar and it did not bother her at all.
In fact, the louder the noise, the more she wants to go after it and check it out.
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Pair the sound with a primary reinforcer like food, usually feeding a pup in conjunction with a noise makes a pleasant association.
Try clattering the stick (very softly and at a distance, it might be good to have a 2nd person do this) and then giving the pup some very HIGH value treat like chicken or something you know he will go crazy for.
The insecurity with the clatter stick is something that you can work on but also something a GOOD decoy can help you work through. You need someone that can read your dog very well and that is a good teaching helper...that will know what limits for pressure a dog has and knowing the right moments and scenarios to help them work through it.
You can do other exercises at home too with your pup. Do obedience around all kinds of things...we have massive collections of plastic bottles, hula-hoops, bottles in a kiddie-pool, tarps...you name it we have it. Don't draw attention to the items, they are just things that happen to be where you are working. Getting used to all kinds of environmental stimuli will help later as well.
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