Ariane Gauthier wrote 02/26/2012 09:44 PM Nosework target indication #356221 - 02/26/2012 09:44 PM
Ariane Gauthier Webboard User Reg: 11-23-2010 Posts: 817 Loc: St-Lazare, Qc Offline	I have started some basic nosework. Dogs love it and it is much easier to do in winter then tracking. My problem is Harley is WILD. When he find the target he scratches like mad. He can shred hay bail, buckets, climb up walls to get to the traget. I did not teach him that. We don't play that game in the house any more! He has about 10 training sessions of 5 to 10 minutes so far. My question is how do I get him to indicate in a calmer way. I had started him on article indication by walking him to the article and downing him as he sniffed it. Do I do the same for nosework find? Dexter will just sit and look at it with intensity and hope full that food will fall from the sky. Lucifer!
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David C.Frost wrote 02/27/2012 10:58 AM Re: Nosework target indication [Re: Ariane Gauthier ] #356241 - 02/27/2012 10:58 AM
David C.Frost Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2002 Posts: 1204 Loc: Nashville, TN Offline	teach the dog to sit, down or point for that matter, when he finds the odor. DFrost Any behavior that is reinforced is more likely to occur again.
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Ariane Gauthier wrote 02/27/2012 08:39 PM Re: Nosework target indication [Re: Ariane Gauthier ] #356254 - 02/27/2012 08:39 PM
Ariane Gauthier Webboard User Reg: 11-23-2010 Posts: 817 Loc: St-Lazare, Qc Offline	Thanks, so I ask him to sit before he starts to paw/scratch. Is it OK if he barks in frustration? By the time his butt hit the ground he barks. He has so much fun finding the traget. Lucifer!
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David C.Frost wrote 02/28/2012 07:36 AM Re: Nosework target indication [Re: Ariane Gauthier ] #356267 - 02/28/2012 07:36 AM
David C.Frost Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2002 Posts: 1204 Loc: Nashville, TN Offline	It's ok with me if he barks. I don't have to listen to it. If it were me, I'd figure out why he was frustrated and fix that because barking for no reasons annoys the dickons out of me. If you want him to sit as his indication, then yes, get him into the sit position and pay that response. DFrost Any behavior that is reinforced is more likely to occur again.
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