Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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From another thread:
Connie said: NO in a loud voice is not a negative marker. I forget whether you have seen marker videos or not, but if there's another thread or you want to start one, I know I'd be happy to show you free marker-training info and streaming video.
Then:
Quote: joseph eubank
That would be great connie. I must have misunderstood the whole thing on marker training. I have watched a few videos and thought mark training was deciding one word for a certain action as well as a signal for each one with the voice command. And after learn and while teaching marking it with a word meaning great, yes you did it. Please fill me in and help with what ever you can pass on because I love learning and teaching each great thing that I learn from here. I incorporate everything I soak up.
It may be just terminology!
Here is what I was responding to:
"He got his firm correction with the marker of no as super bad "
The negative marker is a light, neutral-sounding "nope" or "no" (I use "nope" because I found, on Ed's suggestion, that my voice was better, lighter and more neutral, when I didn't use "no.")
But even if it's "no," a negative marker doesn't mean "super bad." What it is, is telling the dog during a training session the exact moment when a mistake occurred.
QUOTE (Ed Frawley): "It is important to mention that a negative marker is not a correction."
(I pulled up that list with the search word "marker.")
Did you load your marker? (I gather your marker is verbal, rather than a clicker, right?)
Loading (or charging) it means showing the dog that the sound (whichever it is) means "Correct! Reward coming!" I think there's a clip showing charging the marker.
You mentioned seeing a video. Which one was it? Have you seen either of these?
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Markers (and what is a negative marker)
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