I taught the take command to my BC mix, years later I was having trouble with the others understanding.
I called her over and did it several times,l and they picked it up much faster after watching her.
Also I was training my lab to "down" he did a flying leap in the air, pulled up the landing gear and hit the ground on his belly.
This is how he does it every time.
we were using marker training. The BC mix has been trained using marker training, and she was watching me work with the lab.
Her down is really slow and creaky.....not a good down.
Well after watching him, she wanted the treat so bad, that when I put him up she comes around in front of me and looks me right in the eye and snaps a down, JUST like the lab.leap, paw angle everything.
Never in her 8 yrs has she done a down like that...ever.
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I have seen mine learn things from watching each other. I don't know about watching a person train another dog. I do know they pay attention to the other dog getting paid though. I think a smart dog will learn all the time!
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Yes. My second dog Misty learned most of her commands this way. She's very doggie in that sense.
I was sitting down with treats and gave the usual sit command for my eldest dog and he immediately planted it and got a treat. I could her watching and her amazement that the treat dispenser worked if you sat when I said sit. So when we repeated the exercise I noticed her sitting so I went again and treated her. Oh... the monster I created with this one act. LOL
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I remember when my dog was a puppy. I had the "8 weeks to 8 months" DVD in the player and was watching Ed working with Zoe in the kitchen.
I looked at my little goofy Dobe pup with his taped ears, and realized he was sitting when Ed told Zoe to 'sit', laying down when Ed told Zoe 'down', and poking his nose at the screen to try and get the treats in Ed's hand. It was HYSTERICAL.
He already knew the commands though. I'm not convinced it would have worked otherwise. I haven't really had an experience where one dog learned something while watching me work with another dog. it's always seemed that they learned the best when I was directly engaged with them.
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