Took video of a few training sessions with Kenzi over the weekend and put them together. Video quality isn't that great (older camera and overcast weather) but I think you can still see what's going on pretty well.
What I like so far
- she is nicely engaged
- trying hard to figure out what I want
- throws lots of behaviors, but catches on to the new idea pretty quickly
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Nice short sessions!
Very nice speed with capturing the shoe-touches in Session 2!
Good save when you saw her frustration with the too-quick move to shoe-on-foot.
(PS
Here is Mara's goal from a post last Thursday:
"Training goal - to get Kenzi to target my feet with her feet and walk in tandem with me (her feet on my feet)
Targeting with front feet is entirely new to her as is targeting two objects at once (both my feet)
I'll probably start by teaching her to target a shoe with one foot, then add in a second shoe for her other foot to target. When that is solid, put the shoes on my feet and continue from there.")
Why not just start with the dog putting it's foot on your shoe while your wearing it? That would eliminate the need for one behavior in the chain.
Just a thought!
One reason that I started off with the extra shoe is that directly prior to this trick we were working on leg weaves. I wanted to start with an object to highlight the idea that I was looking for something new so she wouldn't try to weave right off the bat (you can see in the video where shee tries it when I first take the shoe away) She loves to train but gets frusrated super easy when confused. So I thought the extra shoe would be a way to eliminate confusion in the very beginning.
So I thought about Bob's suggestion. And decided to teach Kipp to step on my shoe that way. 1st session - he was utterly confused as to what I wanted. He stared at me and then offered "calm dog" behaviors. I even put treats under my foot in hopes he would get frustrated and nose/paw my foot. Nope. Just waited and threw calm behaviors. Several hours later I tried a second session. This time I brought out an extra shoe. He nosed it quickly and I marked and rewarded. Repeated a few times. Then I waited until he pawed it. Happened quickly, Marked/rewarded and repeated a few times. Then I took the shoe away. Within 30 seconds his paw was on my foot. Marked/rewarded and repeated a few times before ending the session. Probably spent less than 4 minutes on that second session. It was really amazing how quick it went from shoe to foot especially after the first session that pretty much went nowhere. Perhaps the object cues them into trying something new instead of offering behaviors that they're solid in?
Excellent! The dog did a nice job of generalizing the shoe be it on the floor or on your foot.
Unless the dog goes backwards in training I wouldn't use the "empty" shoe from here on. He understands that your foot is now a part of the behavior.
Right now she seems to be placing both of her feet on your right.
When she was staying on your right foot with her left you were able to take a step back and she stayed on that foot and also stepped towards you.
Try taking a longer step back with your right and leave your left in place. When she takes her step toward you she may come down on your left with her step. Click and make a big deal out of it if it happens. Make sense?
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