Andy Sepulveda Webboard User Reg: 12-09-2009
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I've never had this problem with any other dog. It's a 5 month old Maltese. I'm training her for a friend. I've used Michael Ellis way of getting engagement. I can get her to sit, and down by luring her, and I'll try fading away the lure after she starts doing it every time, but once I stop luring her she won't sit or down. I've gone back to luring just a bit, but I can't seem to get her to perform the commands without luring her.Can anyone help me out?
Howard Knauf Webboard User Reg: 09-24-2003
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Variable reward? Don't completely fade the lure out too soon. Reward at different intervals. Dog has to believe that a reward will come eventually and at any given time.
Rewarding every behavior after the dog understands it fully will create a situation where the first time you remove it the dog may shut down with the next command.
Not necessarily a refusal in itself but confusion on the dogs part.
Maybe the lure is what she has learned is the cue for the commands. Dogs tend to rely on visual cues a lot more than audible ones. Did you incrementally fade the lure out? like over a week or two?
Cathy Goessman Webboard User Reg: 12-03-2007
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Some dogs don't realize that you are praising them for coming to a specific position rather than just following the lure. I reward in place a few times with a "good" and then release them with a "yes" so that they have enough time there to realize that it's the position that's being rewarded. Some dogs just need more time to connect that they are in a sit and that's where they get rewarded.
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