Carolyn Pike Roman Webboard User Reg: 03-20-2007
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How many commands should one be working on at once? If I want to work on reinforcing Sit, is it ok to work on the beginning of Out at the same time? or is that confusing to the dog? example: we're playing fetch inside. I tell Jake to Sit, then I toss him the ball as a reward; when he brings it back, I ask him to Out, and give him a treat. Should I be separating these tasks until he can do them individually with distractions? or is it ok to combine them while in different stages of learning each task? (we've worked on sit with treats previously, and are now using the ball-)
I think you can teach a few different commands if they are simple. For example sit, down & stand. Just keep it short and mix up them up. Don't always do sit, then down, then sit, then stand. Once they learn that, you can do others, like a finish, or heel, etc.
Michael West Webboard User Reg: 05-23-2007
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I would say only teach one command at a time. Now if your re-enforcing a command then you can do 2 or 3 at a time but if you are really really working on something then concentrate on that one command.
One or two is what I would say is the max. Don't want to overload. It seems to have more effect if you take your time and really focus on a couple, get them down, then move on. Try to do things that are related to. Like sit and down, or sit and stay if you do decide to do multiple commands.
If you are just reinforcing, then do the 1-2 commands plus the reinforcing, if they already known the command your reinforcing, its not that big of a deal.
Carolyn Pike Roman Webboard User Reg: 03-20-2007
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Yes- this dog is only a pet. We do a lot of fetch for exercise, and Out (please forgive my ignorance if that's not the correct term for letting go of the ball) is to save my sanity, lol. I'm sick of wrestling the ball away- perhaps I should have termed it "drop it"?
I have been working on the sit and stay with my GSD. She does relatively well and we are in the correction phase. Would it be okay to start the learning phase with another command? Thanks.
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