We are going through the basic commands one by one. (oh and he is 2.5yrs old) We start out in the kitchen and will to the living room, etc where the TV is on, then outside in the back, etc for different levels of distraction.
My question is what is the next step once the dog is anticipating the next move. For example on the sit, if we are walking along (on leash) and start to stop, sometimes he will sit before I give the command. I still give him a YES when his butt hits the ground and reward with food. Is this the correct way to go about it?
He also expects the food. He looks around at my hands and mouth everytime he sits.
Is this the response we are wanting?
At what poing should we be moving on to the next stage of distractions?
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What are you training for Mike? and do you give him food everytime or do you vary it?
The sitting down when you stop is actually important when doing SchH, one is not allowed to use a command for that, dogs are great at reading body language! They can see by the way we react what we are going to ask. like my puppy knows that when I start to slow down that we are going to stop and that she will have to plonk her bottem down <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
You can also try out totally new things and keep your dog on his toes, not knowing what is coming next and vary the moments and times that you reward with food. There are different kinds of distraction, like other people being present or a toy in sight or other animals. Everytime asking just for that little bit more. and if you hit a probleem just back up a step or two...
Lots of fun to both of you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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