[nagdu] clicker and scavenging/impulse control

[Raven Tolliver]

Tracy,
You've got the main idea. We can't put a length of time on how long it
will take. It could take several days, a week, or a couple weeks. It
depends on consistency, frequency of training sessions, and how long
it takes your individual dog to grasp the concept.
Yes, click and reward him for not lunging for the food. Whatever
reward you use is your choice.
For the food refusal set-up, be sure to use something he would go for,
not just kibble or high value treats. Those things are not typically
found on the ground in the real world, so while they're something to
start with, they're not always as tempting as potato chips, lunchmeat,
and so on.
When I did food refusal training at GEB and here at home, foods like
hamburger meat, bread crusts, and chips were used.

In the meantime, I would use a head collar, which I think you already
use. I always recommend the Halti over the gentle leader. The gentle
leader has a ring on the neck portion of the head collar, which does
not send enough feedback through the leash, imo. Small movements of
the head are not felt through the neck, so any collar where the leash
is attached to a point on the neck, rather than under the chin, is
ineffective for sneaky scavengers. The gentle leader is meant for
training loose-leash walking, while the Halti can be used for teaching
loose-leash walking, and preventing sniffing, scavenging, and
movements towards any distraction.
The difference between the 2 is the gentle leader has 2 straps, one
going around the neck, and one going over the nose. The Halti has 6: a
neck strap, the nose strap, 2 cheek straps, a chin strap, and a strap
that clips to the dog's working collar. The Halti provides much more
feedback about the dog's head movements than the Gentle leader does,
jmo.
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On 7/2/15, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> OK, I've been reading the blog Rox sent, and it has a section on impulse
> control!
>
> It sounds like what I would do is put some food on the floor, far from me
> and Krokus, but where he can see it.  Then I c&t for not going for the
> food.
> If he goes for the food, I catch him, turn around, and take him far away
> for
> 10 seconds, then we come back and start over.
>
> Gradually, we get closer to the food, over a period of days or weeks, I
> guess.Have I got this right?
>
> Since I can't stop working him in the meantime, and NYC is a garbage dump,
> will my efforts be ruined by him picking up junk when we're out, and is
> there anything I can do about that?
>
> This is pretty exciting, especially if it works.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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