Since finishing making liver bread today, or rather some lumpy breaded liver lumps, I wanted to make sure the dogs would still get excited by them. (I don't what I was worried about. )
Anyway, I started working on the hand touch game with McCaskey and he is so bouncy and eager that by the time he looks at my hand and I am saying yes - he is already in the air thrusting his nose at my hand. I looked back through the marker training ebook and it says to mark first for looking, then for one step towards, then two steps, then sniffing, and finally touching. So I guess my question is: if he is already sniffing and nosing my hand should I mark for that (skipping the first couple of steps), or is it better to make him go through all the steps outlined?
My dog picked up on this pretty quickly, as well. In fact she was jumping up and touching my hand wherever I placed it after only one or two rewards. Now, I have shaped it to <touch then sit/watch me front and center> after I present my hand and the command "touch".
so, yeah, skip steps and reward the skill!
It's a great skill for when youngish kids are over and want to interact with the dog.
BTW - my husband says "kiss" and it's still all good.
JMHO but I believe the dog will better understand later markers if you break down the beginning training of it now.
I'm just not a fan of shortcuts, in particular for beginners.
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Hand Touch Question
#311099 - 01/09/2011 08:30 PM 
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