Sharon/Mallory
Lynn/Landry
Mark Plummer
Ericka
Guests:
Connie
Romelia
(Peggy/Ike, Sadie/Keeper
Karen/Webster, Cathy/Rooster
opted to have a coaching/mentoring
session at Oceanside Harbor)
How we learn
- Steps
- Clinic Handout
- Stitch's Blog
- class
- each other
The ultimate source and location for all answers
- Sue's writings
Treats
- size
- value
- satiation
Training a handful at a time
- when the treats are gone, the session is over
- re-load
- and begin another short session
- it can be the same behavior or a different one
In the Game
- distractions vs focus
Clicker Fundamentals
- click marks exactly what you want
- reward follows the click
- the click ends the behavior
- the click always pays (it's a contract between you and your dog)
Criteria
- defining criteria BEFORE training
Behaviors: Level 1
- what are the behaviors teaching the dog?
- who does the work?
- cues
- when to add them
- when to drop them
- who controls the click?
- what are the puppies first learning in Level 1?
BEHAVIORS taught to our puppies in class (from scratch:
(from the beginning)
Zen:
- L1/Mallory
- L1/2 Landry
- adding duration
- adding a cue (neutral No)
Leash:
- L2/Step 2/a
- off leash
- Mallory/Landry
- being In the Zone is a good place to be
Touch:
- L1/Mallory, Landry
- Next step (BMO)
- get the dog to take a single step to touch your hand
- 2 steps?
- stretch up to touch
- bend down to touch
- NO CUES used
Down:
- L1/Mallory, Landry
- Luring from a sit
- Getting rid of the lure
GOAL: The dog will volunteer the Down on her/his own.
- When to add the cue
- some dogs are 50X dogs; some dogs are 100X dogs
Adding Duration (DownStay)
- L2/Landry
Sit:
- default Sits
- L1/Mallory, Landry
Sit Stay L2
Adding Duration/Mallory, Landry
- Adding Duration reminded us that when the dog makes a mistake, we begin again from the beginning.
- However, if the dog gets up AFTER the click, that is not a mistake because the click ends the behavior
Crate/L2:
- shaping Landry to Get In
- remaining in crate until released (Let's Go)
- Landry/Mallory
- used both cues
Go to Mat/L2:
- Mallory clicked for going to the mat and getting on the mat
- Landry: going to the mat from multiple directions and distances, getting on the mat, lying down on the mat, adding the cue for Landry only
Retrieve/L2:
- Landry, Mallory
- hands, wooden spoon, dumbell
- re-teaching every time trainer and dog change position
- Sharon/Mallory trained (re-taught) this behavior in 3 different chairs
- Whenever you change anything about a behavior, you make everything else easier.
