Connie Sutherland wrote 06/08/2011 02:11 PM Re: Using food rewards to redirect against DA [Re: Paul Munzig ] #335861 - 06/08/2011 02:11 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31573 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Marker training has become my biggest tool by far in my work with reactive dogs. Obedience is key, of course, and and with markers, ob becomes an absorbing and upbeat protocol, not to mention confidence-building. That focus on you -- that is priceless.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 06/08/2011 02:15 PM Re: Using food rewards to redirect against DA [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #335862 - 06/08/2011 02:15 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31573 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	As Bob Scott says, kind of turning reactivity around: The obedience work (with markers) is done using the dog reactivity as nothing more than the ultimate distraction. Which it is! So the other dogs are introduced exactly the way any high-level distraction is proofed for: slowly, outside the reactive zone to start, controlled and planned. And the dog is focused on the absorbing ob work and the wonderful rewards I have! Other dogs, if this is done carefully and thoughtfully, slowly become background noise. I start with NO distractions, though, to perfect our command of, say, "look at me."
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john axe wrote 06/08/2011 10:18 PM Re: Using food rewards to redirect against DA [Re: Paul Munzig ] #335910 - 06/08/2011 10:18 PM
john axe Webboard User Reg: 05-13-2011 Posts: 330 Loc: IL. Offline	the only to 2 ways to train a dog are inducement or compulsion all training methods fall under one or the other or both
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Paul Munzig wrote 06/15/2011 01:12 PM Re: Using food rewards to redirect against DA [Re: john axe ] #336407 - 06/15/2011 01:12 PM
Paul Munzig Webboard User Reg: 11-04-2010 Posts: 25 Loc: Offline	Thanks again folks. Feels like I am going down the right path and your responses have reaffirmed that. Improving my handling/trainer skills while helping my dog is so extrememly gratifying. John for the compulsion part of training a DA dog, do you prefer a prong collar or a dominant dog collar as your primary collar? Or does it depend on the dog?
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