Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I am just finishing up the Marker Training video. I used the marker training lessons that I saw in the Puppy 3-8 months video and she does that well. I asked you if Dog Training video is something I should be using at this time, or just stick to marker training for now...any thoughts?
I think that the Basic Ob video is a must-have. I have "assigned" it to new owners more than once.
I think that maybe the order you did them in (markers first) might even be good, because the marker video is later and has a ton of new insight, even though Basic Ob does address marker work. Basic Ob is so much more than basic ob: a "living with a dog and basic ob" video. Nothing replaces Basic Ob.
A helpful shift of perspective is to not consider the dog disobedient in relation to you, but to consider the dog PERFECTLY obedient to the laws of learning. Kind of an ego-killer for some people, but it's true.
Those distractions are a perfect example. They are rewarding stimuli, and her unwanted behavior in relationship to them increases every time she gets access them. That's what a reward is. That is learning. Your dog is doing it fine.
Now if only you were AS interesting...right? She'd be perfectly obedient to that also. The particulars are immaterial...what about you is motivating?
It's not about you (strictly speaking), it's about you structuring the dog's environment (you being part of that environment) allowing it to learn.
In a hypothetical world, if the turtle was truly the only thing she cared about, I'd use the turtle as a reward! The turtle would come through me. I would be lord of turtledom.
So, yes, what Connie said as far as material to learn from.
A helpful shift of perspective is to not consider the dog disobedient in relation to you, but to consider the dog PERFECTLY obedient to the laws of learning. Kind of an ego-killer for some people, but it's true.
Those distractions are a perfect example. They are rewarding stimuli, and her unwanted behavior in relationship to them increases every time she gets access them. That's what a reward is. That is learning. Your dog is doing it fine.
Now if only you were AS interesting...right? She'd be perfectly obedient to that also. The particulars are immaterial...what about you is motivating?
It's not about you (strictly speaking), it's about you structuring the dog's environment (you being part of that environment) allowing it to learn.
In a hypothetical world, if the turtle was truly the only thing she cared about, I'd use the turtle as a reward! The turtle would come through me. I would be lord of turtledom.
Good perspective Steve... maybe you were a turtle in your prior life!!! All joking aside, the advice was right on...
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