steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006
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Hey Mark, It's possible I'm the one mis-reading Will's post but I don't think his point was use food to build drive and desire for a toy but if your dog works for food, use food as the reward.I can get a pretty good amount of drive in my dog with intermitant rewards and quick little games with food and the anticipation of when he's going to get it. I don't know much at all about Malamutes but I would guess just moving is a bit of a reward for a dog that likes to pull so even that could be useful.
I just would hate to see you spend all your training time trying to build drive and focus one way when you may be able to get quicker results a different way.
Mark Villasenor Webboard User Reg: 01-29-2008
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Well, actually, Steve... Prior to yesterday I had been trying to get Merit (the subject dog) to engage a prey item, not alone sustain any kind of drive. So that is why I attempted to use food itself as a prey item, to get the dog interested in the game. Sort of like using a shot of ether to start a carbureted motor; a bit of a cheat, perhaps, yet my motive was just to get the dog attracted to and acclimated with the concept.
Nonetheless, I do agree with the wisdom you (and Will) suggested. Now that I’ve found something the dog finds interesting enough to engage, food REWARDS (not food as a prey item) are definitely in the cards.
Mark Villasenor Webboard User Reg: 01-29-2008
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”...It's pretty interesting, what you are doing. Hope to read more about it here.”
Well, presuming you’re (at least in part) referring to my dog program, and not to get too far a field from topic. But you’ll likely not read a whole lot more about my dog related plans on this particular website. Not unless such concerns training and most probably not until folks gain a clearer understanding of where I’m coming from, from other media sources or simply through the course of time here. (I often get some flack from dog folk, until they ‘get’ the core concepts. And imparting those details enough for reasonable comprehension requires space, length to which a website like this doesn’t easily lend itself.)
Notwithstanding the latter, the Malamutes are most certainly being groomed (pardon the pun) for specific and of broad media interest applications. So you’ll very likely (in the extreme) hear more about us in up-coming years, once Makua (the younger of the two) gets up to speed (a couple of years away, at minimum). During this time its all ground-work, and lots of it.
Correspondingly I’m encouraged by prospects the ’making drive’ games potentially provide to these elements, and appreciate all the help provided thus far. (Lots of dog talent on this website, that’s for certain.)
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Re: Drive & Focus Training For Malamutes
[Re: Mark Villasenor ]
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