Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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... I'm somehow supposed to get the dog to come to me without using the command, then mark the behavior and give the reward and then the command comes later. How do I get the dog to come in the first place .... without using a command?
Think back. You have never taught a dog to do something by using a command. You have never said "come" or "sit" or "down" to a green dog and had the dog do it. The dog did not know the word "come" or "sit" or "down."
So the question "How do I get the dog to do it without the command?" is really meaningless, when we stop and think.
I guess I need to see it in action somehow. Ordering the video is not an option right now. The economy has really put a strain on my business and I'm struggling to make ends meet at the moment. I understand the every dog I've trained before had to put in the sit to teach the sit, but it sounded to me in the article that you're not supposed to make the dog do it. The dog is just supposed to do it and then you mark the behaviour. Maybe I'm misunderstanding.
So if I say marhaba to you over and over, will you understand it? Or perhaps ok doing more than repeating a strange word?
Step one- cue the dog to training time
Step two- dog looks at you, mark and reward
Step three- dog takes step towards you, mark and reward
Step four- pretty soon, dog figures out that the game is to come towards you.
Step five- dog is coming consistantly everytime you cue him to training time.
Step six- pair the name with the action
Step seven- practice command under distraction
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: kordell fox
... every dog I've trained before had to put in the sit to teach the sit
This says you PUT them in the sit to teach it. So you see that the word "sit" was not what you used. You used compulsion. (I am going back to the question about "how can I teach it without the word?")
If you read through Alyssa's steps and any one is unclear, post back. One simple command (like sit) really will make much of the procedure click into clarity.
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Re: Teaching Boxer to come
[Re: Kordell Fox ]
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