[nagdu] statement re: ownership and qeustions re: schools policies

[Wayne Merritt]

When at The Seeign Eye last September, they said that all of the dogs
had been introduced to clicker training at one time, but that it was
probably something that most students would never use. They said we
could use it of course, but that most people wouldn't. I think that
this is because clicker training, from what I've heard and from their
description of it, is so involved in that you have to click and treat
at the exact instance that the dog does the desired behavior. So
anyway, as far as clicker training goes, they left it up to us. I
don't see a need for it myself since my Shepherd, Gucci, seems to pick
up on things very quickly, even if its her first time in a new
environment.

I'd encourage you not to marka  school like The Seeign Eye off your
list just because they may use both food and clicker training. They're
still a good school, in that they take the time to work with you as an
individual. If you don't want to food reward your dog, they'll support
your decision and continue to help you build that working
relationship.

Jmt,
Wayne

Wayne

On 2/28/09, Angie Matney <leadinglabbie at mpmail.net> wrote:
> Hi Merry,
>
> Jenine's description of food at GDF sounds like what I experienced at Seeing
> Eye a little over a year ago. At least one person in my class was trained to
> give food rewards in certain instances. I was not, and it was not a part of
> over-all class training.
>
> Angie with Yani
>
> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:19:02 -0500, Jenine Stanley wrote:
>
>>Merry,
>
>>I can answer the GDf food question for you.
>
>>We do not use food in most training situations, i.e., daily class work. We
>>do introduce the use of food for solving problems or teaching certain
>>behaviors, along with how not to use food and the fact that food should be
>>tapered off in favor of praise.
>
>>Some instructors may, with some teams, use food or even introduce the
>>clicker, for specific issues, but it's not part of overall class training.
>
>
>
>
>
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