I am trying to get my 5 month old female Mal pup to bark for the prey item while back tied. I tease the dog with rag on fishing pole and then let the prey item stay still out of reach. I believe this is the method used by H. Raiser ?? During each session the dog will bark 2x . I will reward by letting the prey " jump " and let the dog make prey. Problem is during each training session the dog will only do this once, 2 barks , and that is it . Never does she repeat barks, only once a session ???
Some dogs their drive kinda shuts down the barking, so what I would try is not getting her too wound up and then after a close miss back up with the rag on the ground like it is escaping. Go around a corner and see if she starts barking. I can't say this is a magic method but it has worked in the past. Why do you want her to bark? Your not thinking of training her in that silly Schutzhund game are you? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> If there is anything to her you should do ringsport! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
During each session the dog will bark 2x . I will reward by letting the prey " jump " and let the dog make prey.
This sounds like the perfect way to train the dog to consistently bark twice. Smart dog. Bark twice, then she's reinforced with the toy. You get what you reinforce.
If it were me (I will qualify that I do not have SchH experience, just dog-training experience), I'd wait her out for the third bark, reinforce. Wait for four barks, reinforce, etc. Build up and then reinforce for a varying random sample of barks. If you've reinforced her for two barks for any length of time, I'd avoid reinforcing just two.
Tracy stole the words out of my mouth. I agree, do anything for more barks. She's stuck on two, so try something new and make her bark for it to come alive! Let her "bark it up" before it moves and don't always let her make prey every time. Let her "bring it back to life" a few times before giving grip.
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Today at least we went back to back three times in a row <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I know part of the problem is I have only worked motivational OB, tug, bitwork concentrating on the grip mainly. So her barking has never been encouraged. She seems a pretty soild dog, not nervous at all, so mabye that is making it a little tougher also.
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Training the Bark for prey- questions ???
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