[nagdu] Barking

Princess Serenity princessserenity0218 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 16 13:55:56 UTC 2008


can you give instructions for teaching this i'd like to teach it to my
dog the targeting the hand thing i'm speaking of.

On 12/16/08, Julie J. <jlcrane at alltel.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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> From: "AnnaLisa Anderson" <annalisa at sector14.net>
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Barking
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>> 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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