Brad . Martin Webboard User Reg: 09-14-2005
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Ha funny that's exactly what I do too, cool! I go a bit further though...
After the dog has pretty well finished the training from Howard's link, I will bring my arm out to my side then immediately behind my back. I have found that this teaches the dog to look at me anytime I step infront of it rather than when I ONLY have a treat held out at arms length. Soon enough just stepping in front of the dog becomes the cue to look at me.
Yeah Lee's site has lot's of nice info tidbits. She is a honest, fun talented trainer as well. I'm lucky to have her local and have her coach myself and my dog.
This may have been discussed before, but I never searched for it. With dogs that are deaf or hard of hearing, has anyone used a laser pointer to get their dog's attention? I have one (a small 5mW red one) that I've used to gain my dog's attention when she's not giving me eye contact, where I lead the laser to me and when she looks as me she's rewarded, or she'll follow the point to me while I give a command, and upon eye contact she gets a reward. Has anyone else done this? I always make sure she never gets an opportunity to look directly at the laser (some of my roommates, less fortunate.) but would this be a viable method for training a deaf dog? They sell green lasers which may be more within the dog's visual color spectrum, and blue ones (but those are oer $1k and impractical/too powerful).
Brad . Martin Webboard User Reg: 09-14-2005
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would this be a viable method for training
Anything is viable so long as you get your end result in a manner that is non-abusive to your dog. I'm glad to hear you're careful not to damage your dog's retina; lord knows she's one down already. BTW, I think there is still an active thread on training a deaf dog.
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