Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Here's the place to announce your behavior/command and how you plan to teach it using markers (and of course we all know that the exact training m.o. is sometimes modified).
It's OK if you didn't announce in the thread about starting the contest .... this is the place!
(If it's a problem you plan to correct, it would be nice if you could post a little clip here of the unwanted behavior (if you can). You could describe it, though.)
You might want to state if you are new to marker training.
After everyone is signed up, BTW (by Thursday midnight, don't forget!), asking for help or suggestions if you hit a bump is fine!
Then we'll have a new place to post the results mid-August. The contest will end Sunday, August 18, at midnight.
I'm going to teach Trooper (6 yrs old) how to walk up a wall backwards.
He knows that "back up" means step back from the gate. I'll see if I have to change the command.
I'll start by teaching the "back up" with markers instead of using it for a simple behavior at the gate. Once he understands that I'll have him "back up" on a piece of plywood. Then I'll gradually raise the far end as he becomes comfortable. HOPEFULLY he "gets it". He's a very handler soft dog and very excitable over reward and praise of any sort. That's one of my big weaknesses in training. I don't care to work with handler soft dogs so this will be something I NEED to do.
This will be more of a challenge for me then for the dog.
Other then being a very obedient dog to daily commands Trooper has only his TT and CGC.
I'm going to teach Woozle to "count" or do "math". The cue will be my raised voice at the question and a stare. My glance away will be his cue to stop.
He already barks on command and if I wait a bit I don't doubt he will try again. The harder part will be to get him to bark smoothly and steadily enough to make it convincing. I think I will have to gradually work up the number of barks, to avoid him barking hectically. Perhaps the hardest part will be managing my own body language well enough to communicate clearly. It's NOT a strength of mine.
Woozle is almost 2. He has accumulated a very decent sized list of tricks and odd behaviors. He has no titles and is the first dog I've marker trained exclusively. OK, admittedly I have tried a few of my older strategies on him from time to time, but I don't think they have achieved much success worth mentioning. I have treat trained a couple of other dogs with moderate success, but for the most part wasn't using markers.
christy mascari Webboard User Reg: 11-12-2012
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I just purchased (online-hope they come soon) weave poles and a practice jump. We have no experience with agility, but figured we could just play in the backyard for exercise and training. There are no plans to compete, so I am not training for that purpose. She has never seen weave poles, and I have not trained her to jump yet.
My main goal is to teach the weave poles with straight forward marker training. If all goes well, we will tackle the jump also.
I am new to marker training. Molly is 2 yrs old, and was initially trained at 6 months (7 week inhouse stay) by her breeder using compulsion training. When she was 8 months old, I discovered Leerburg, and Michael Ellis and we fired our breeder/trainer, and haven't looked back. She has thrived using this system.
Tammy Moore Webboard User Reg: 01-14-2010
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I have an 8.5 month old clown with a few unwanted behaviors. He turns faucets on in the bathroom to get a drink. I am not sure if I should nix the behavior, or train him to shut the damn
water off when he's done?
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