[nagdu] Barking

[Julie J.]

In case it's helpful...I can't see when my dogs are looking at me.  I have 
taught them both to touch my hand with their nose on cue.  I put this 
behavior on a pretty high rate of reinforcement for longer than other 
behaviors.   I use this "touch" when I need to get their attention back on 
me, when I want them to stop doing something else or when I need them to do 
something they don't have a command for.  I can use the hand target to 
position them, get them to move etc.  It's very useful.

If you need directions to teach it, let me know and I'll explain.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AnnaLisa Anderson" <annalisa at sector14.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Barking


> Hi Lora,
>
> I'm sorry you're having trouble.  Another girl from Leader that's on the
> email list was having a similar problem with her dog.  She had a trainer
> come work with her on it, and this is what the trainer suggested to her.
> I'm repeating it second hand, so forgive me if I don't describe it very
> well.  She called it the name game.  You have to have lots of high value
> treats on hand for this, like cooked chicken or cut up hot dogs--something
> Myrtle really likes, not just kibble.  Reserve these special treats only 
> for
> the name game, she never gets them any other time.  if Myrtle starts to
> lunge or bark at another dog, call her name.  As soon as her head turns
> toward you, give her a treat and praise her up real good.  Keep doing this
> again and again until she gets the idea that when you say her name,
> something really good will happen.  You will want to practice doing this 
> in
> your house where it's nice and quiet, with no other distractions at first.
> Then when she is consistently responding well to her name by turning 
> toward
> you, if you know anyone else with dogs that are friendly or that Myrtle
> likes, have them help you set Myrtle up so you can try it that way first
> before you meet a strange dog.
>
> Hope that makes sense.  This girl said that worked very well with her dog,
> and she hardly ever has aggression problems at all now.   It was a lot of
> work though to get to that point.
>
> Write to me off list if you want more clarification on this.  Good luck.
>
> AnnaLisa and Sundance
>
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