 words for hand targeting vs touchpads
#404074 - 06/28/2017 02:13 PM |
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I noticed for some trainers "touch" means put your feet on the touchpad and for others it means touch my hand.
What other words/commands do you use to differentiate the two? For instance, we are watching the M. Ellis videos and have started "touch" as put your feet on the touch-pad. What could I use for hand targeting if I want to put a word to that?
Thanks for ideas 
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Kelly wrote 06/28/2017 03:20 PM
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You can use any word or command that works for you and the dog.
For foot targeting, I use Go Feet for back feet on an object, and Go Toes for front feet on an object, and Go Hup for all 4 on the object.
For the hand touch I use Go Hand or Touch... my dogs know both. Go Hand I use more when I am moving the hand - Go typically means they have to move their feet to do what I am asking them to do, rather than just standing there touching something.
I'm not very original, am I?
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Re: words for hand targeting vs touchpads
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#404076 - 06/28/2017 05:06 PM |
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Wow- I'm glad you pointed out that there are multiple variations! They seem logical to me, lol.
Thanks, Kelly
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#404077 - 06/29/2017 05:13 AM |
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Original? Who cares. For your dog, you certainly are, and you're CLEAR and CONSISTENT. That's what matters. Guess, where I've learned this? 
“If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, then you are a leader” – Rudyard Kipling |
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Kelly wrote 06/29/2017 10:45 AM
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I have to tell this story:
I was in a flyball tournament with my Malinois Toni once. I was box loading so I had Toni in a down stay in our crate area while our team raced - the members of our team that weren't racing were there as well. One of the dogs required the command "GO HUP" to jump over the jumps, so as box loader I was yelling GO HUP when he raced. After the race, I went back to the crate area and Toni was on top of one of the crates. One of my teammates said as soon as she heard me yelling GO HUP she jumped up on the crate and stayed there.
Gotta love that dog
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I have to tell this story:
I was in a flyball tournament with my Malinois Toni once. I was box loading so I had Toni in a down stay in our crate area while our team raced - the members of our team that weren't racing were there as well. One of the dogs required the command "GO HUP" to jump over the jumps, so as box loader I was yelling GO HUP when he raced. After the race, I went back to the crate area and Toni was on top of one of the crates. One of my teammates said as soon as she heard me yelling GO HUP she jumped up on the crate and stayed there.
Gotta love that dog
AW-W-W-W, your heart just Aches with Love when they're so unexpectedly GOOD
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I use "Kiss" for a hand touch. Not a lot of commands have a "k" sound.
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Re: words for hand targeting vs touchpads
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#404105 - 07/07/2017 06:24 AM |
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I use "Toque"(= touch) for a hand touch but also for touching varios toys on the floor I'm staring at. For touching toys they already know the name (only 5 until now) I can say "Touch the monkey, ball etc.
"Kiss" I use for the hand touch in the air as high as they can reach it, when standing on the hind legs. I mostly use it as BB while Heeling. Do you think, there is anything wrong with that, too complicated perhaps? But at least it works. They don't confound those commands.
Kelly, Your foot targetting, and this additionally differentiating back feet and toes sounds awesome, lol. Are you doing this just for body awareness, concentration etc. or has it for you a special purpose? I've never tried it yet, but I will. I guess I'll have first to start with the whole foot. Do you also differentiate left and right foot via command?
Besides: Your story above is incredibly sweet. Outstanding! Congrats! 
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Kelly wrote 07/07/2017 01:22 PM
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Kelly, Your foot targetting, and this additionally differentiating back feet and toes sounds awesome, lol. Are you doing this just for body awareness, concentration etc. or has it for you a special purpose? I've never tried it yet, but I will. I guess I'll have first to start with the whole foot. Do you also differentiate left and right foot via command?
Besides: Your story above is incredibly sweet. Outstanding! Congrats!
I started off using Go Feet for her contacts in agility - the 2 on 2 off. It also helped a lot with Flyball to teach her to turn at the box - she would go up it and turn leaving her back feet on it.
Then when I wanted to start using a touch pad and doing things with her front end like heeling foundations, I needed a command to put her front feet on stuff. That became Go Toes
Since we had commands for both the front and the back, I figured I might as well make one for all 4 - I actually use Go Hup the most
I have not needed a different command for left and right yet 
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#404111 - 07/08/2017 06:04 AM |
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Ah, thanks for the explanation. I thought with the command "Goe Toes" the dog had really to touch the item with the toes, not with the wholel foot, lol! 
My dogs know stepping on an object For the front feet I use a word which means "Go Up on". For the hind feet I use "Back Up". "Back" alone I use for walking backward. The "Go up" I used like you for heeling foundations. I used different touch pads. different in height and form.
The version how I at first misunderstood sounded extremely complicated.   Heaven, am I glad I don't need to teach this! I was trying to figure out almost the whole evening yesterday how I could teach this to my dogs.
Your "Go hup" is for me the name of the item they have to jump on like "bench", "box", "bed" .
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