When you’re done petting or playing. One of the things I teach all my dogs is that when I say “No more,” it means I’m done petting. When I’m playing with them, such as tossing a ball, or playing tug o’ war, I say “All done” which means I’m done playing. Teaching your dog […]
Easy Activity – Teaching a Dog to Target
A simple, fun, foundation behavior. Similar to Hand Targeting, Wendy, All Dogs Gym’s Director of Training, demonstrates getting started with several of her own dogs—shaping the dog to nose-touch a target. This is one of the ways to start shaping behaviors—so much fun, and so useful for teaching different behaviors! As you’ll see in Wendy’s the […]
Easy Activity – Shaping Behaviors
Shaping behavior is also called “successive approximation.” It is moving a behavior in small (even tiny) increments getting closer and closer to the ultimate goal behavior. The trainer communicates with the dog using a “mark”—which can be a click or other sound, or a word such as “yes” or “good.” The mark says “That behavior… […]
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