[nagdu] tSE teaching "find"Re: GDF training

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

GDB teaches the find command for certain objects. I forget what objects they 
teach, but they show you how to add more, and you do an exercise both in the 
training center and in the city to practice. In the center, you teach find 
the chair. In the city, they had a couple of different things that you could 
to choose from to teach find. GDB does not teach find as in find whatever I 
dropped, but I was able to teach Lexia this by using the same command for 
different items. Also, to keep her from confusing find a specific object 
with find whatever I dropped, I use the command "search" when I want her to 
find what I have dropped. Sometimes, I don't have to even tell her what I 
want. I will accidentally drop something and call her over to find it. 
Before I can say "search", her nose is already on the item.

Nicole and Lexia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mariea Harris" <mharris1979 at carolina.rr.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 11:51 AM
Subject: [nagdu] tSE teaching "find"Re: GDF training


> TSE does not teach "find" or "fetch". They do teach the dogs "inside" and 
> "outside." They use "zuke" for targeting and you can change that to 
> "find." They taught "fetch" years ago, but it put a lot of strain on the 
> instructors backs so they no longer teach it. I do wish they taught the 
> dogs to find certain things by word like "escalator," "elevator," "stairs" 
> and the most common "chair." It takes a lot of time to teach them a new 
> word from "zuek" but it can be done. Some trainers may use "find" but the 
> 2 classes I've attended with in the last 1 and a half years has not done 
> so.
>
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> Mariea and Valiant
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