[nagdu] clicker training

[Lora]

The foot is infected and is on antibiotics. It broke open and started
bleeding on me a few days ago. That's when I took him to the vet since
right after the insident it seemed to be healing very well.

On 8/30/11, Tami Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Lora,
>
> Um.. As long as it takes. How helpful is that? /smile/
>
> It can take longer with a dog that is used to doing things one way, and
> the dog may find the new way of approaching those doors to be pretty
> radical and a bit concerning... Especially having been hurt by one. If
> what you're doing is resulting in the behavior you want there, it may
> just take time for him to mentally readjust and accept that this is now
> the way to do things. If he seems nervous about it, you can add
> reassuring praise and touch to the click and treat. Or you can back up a
> bit and reinforce on part of the overall behavior you want. In other
> words, start at the beginning of the new behavior chain. Reinforce, say
> the first response to your signal to move to the right. Then, when that
> is set and the dog just does it, add in the next move toward the result
> you're looking for and reinforce that new behavior and so on. In applied
> operant conditioning, it's called chaining and can work really well for
> complex behaviors. I've also heard of the general idea as gradual
> approximation or successive approximation. I always think it sounds
> dreadfully complicated when you put it that way, then I realize I've
> been doing it since I was a kid in training. Just didn't call it no
> fancy high-falutin' sounding name. /lol/
>
> It's also helpful, or so it seems to me, to learn to judge fine signals
> in the dog's response to see if I can figure out where the dog is having
> difficulty and find a different approach to helping it through the
> glitch... Mostly, though, it's a matter of patience and consistency
> until the new way of doing things is automatic for both of you. Sounds
> like you're making progress, both of you, so that may be all you need.
> The patience part does seem to fall into awfully short supply after
> awhile, though, but then it suddenly pays off. Whew. /grin/
>
> Anyway, I don't know if that is helpful at all, just my thoughts of the
> moment.
>
> How's the foot? Best, and keep up the good work!
>
> Tami
>
> On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 08:00 -0600, Lora wrote:
>> Hello
>> My dog's foot got caught in a door about three weeks ago. I was
>> heeling him like I thought my school wanted. I later found out I was
>> doing it slightly wrong. I am now wanting my dog to go to my right
>> side for right handled doors. I have been teaching this to him. He
>> understands the concept but unless I have treats he will not complete
>> the task. I have been clicking and treating for about two to three
>> weeks now. How long do people click and treat with their dogs? Any
>> suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
>
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Lora