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… […]
