Sean McNeely Webboard User Reg: 07-26-2016
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When doing Marker training do you train more than one exercise at a time? This was never made clear in the Marker training DVD. So if I want to train my Pup to sit do I only train that one exercise until she has it down 80%. Then I add a command "sit" until she is profecent at it, or do I also train sit, down, look ect all at one time without adding commands until they have all 3 at 80% then add commands? I am confused by this. In other words how does the dog know what to do without a command added won't they do all 3 until they get the right one that makes no sense.
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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I only train one new command at a time until it is 100% before I teach anything else new. Then I work on speed of responsive to the command once the dog completely understands what I am asking for. I train for SchH competition type OB...So I am looking for more perfection than a pet owner would usually be looking for.
As the saying goes....Don't name it until you like it ...Ie..You don't put a name on a sit until it is in the perfect position ...legs tucked in,body straight etc. Otherwise you will get a sloppy sit...with no consistency.
If my dog already knows other commands...I will end a training session by asking & rewarding for those commands in order for the training session to end on a high note.
Hope this helps.
You will also probly notice that once you dog knows multiple commands..that when you start a training session you will see h
You dog start offering behaviors (commands they know) hoping to hit the right one for a reward. That's when you really know that you are doing it right.
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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Plus fixing something that your dog has learned wrong..like forging when heeling..or sitting sloppy ..takes 100x longer to fix/reteach to get the dog to do it correctly later on. Better to take the time to not rush it & teach it correctly the first time. Been there...Don't plan on ever going back. Trust me when I say this. I'm sure that anyone that has trained enough dogs has done this at one time or another & has seriously regretted it.
Christina Stockinger Webboard User Reg: 01-23-2015
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I had the tendency to rush and regretted it. Since I've changed this, the dogs are learning much better. Quicker and more exactly.
What I do though is mixing some exercises together once a dog performs them solidly and upon cue and proofed enough.
I then from time to time make vocabulary tests, only whith such behaviors and let the dogs perform them randomly, so they can not anticipate what will come next.
Would it be a mistake to mix another for the dogs very familiar exercise but which is not yet put on cue, just by luring or other body help within such a session? Just to loosen up their bodies a bit in another way and stimulate their minds?
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