[nagdu] Finding Certain Things

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Does Pilot teach clicker training? If not, I would start there. Train 
Princess to target your hand. That is, when she touches your hand with her 
nose, you use the clicker and give her a treat. Once she understands that, 
then your hand becomes a pointer. You put your hand on the new object to be 
named. Doing this several times, you start naming the thing, such as "find 
the chair". Once your dog demonstrates that she understands what the word 
refers to, you start getting farther and farther away from the object.

    It is also possible to use this method to teach your dog to find 
something that you drop, but I would teach some specific objects before 
trying to teach to find something you dropped. I would also wait even for 
specific objects until you and Princess bond a little more. I feel that I 
rushed into this with Lexia.

Nicole and Lexia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at suddenlink.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:24 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Finding Certain Things


> Hey All,
> I was just wondering what your experiences have been in terms of teaching
> your dogs new commands such as finding things - an empty seat, trash cans,
> doors, etc. I have heard that it is possible to teach your dog to find
> certain things, and I'm definitely interested in doing that once I get
> settled with my dog.
> Cheers, Hannah
>
>
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