[nagdu] Clicker and impulse control

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks.  I wasn't thinking of duration and distance as separate things,
but of course they are.
I thought the strainer was a good idea, but Krokus may be well aware
there's a barrier between him and the food.  He's no fool.  But he still
did OK when I took the strainer away, so long as I didn't mess around too
long.
Tracy


> Using the hand touch on the bus sounds like a really good idea.  As far as
> the cheeze it on the table, now you know exactly where his threshold is.
> Back up just a bit and work there until you establish a solid pattern of
> success.  then make it a bit more difficult either by putting the food
> closer or asking for a longer refusal of taking it, but not both.  Once
> he's
> ignoring the food either close or longer, then make it more difficult with
> either distance or duration, but only one at a time.
>
> Here's an article on shaping, which is the same thing as successive
> approximations.
> http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/9_3/features/Training-Your-Dog-Using-Shaping_15792-1.html
>
> Also I love your idea of using the food strainer to cover the food.  I
> have
> never heard of that one before, but it's perfect!
>
>
> Julie
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> We were doing well with our impulse control exercises, so yesterday I put
> a Cheezit on the edge of the table.  Krokus ignored it until I pushed it
> really close to the edge, then he said "Well, if you insist..."  I had my
> hand right there, but he was too quick.  I scolded him, which I guess I'm
> not supposed to do, and he sat down a foot from the table.  I put another
> Cheezit, and he ignored that one.  That's what he did though, when I was
> trying to work on this with corrections, ignore the food for a while, then
> say "Well, if you're just leaving it there...".
> I think we're making progress, but I'm not sure.
>
> Then we got in the bus today, and, as soon as we found a seat, he dived in
> and grabbed something someone dropped, which I took away from him.  I'm
> wondering if it would be helpful to, as soon as he gets under, use the
> hand touch to get him to focus on me and get in position.  Then maybe
> he'll be thinking about the treat he's going to get, and not the
> "treasure" someone left for him.
>
> I haven't had the GL on him, because he had a small wound right there that
> was healing.  But I put it on him Friday when I went out to my local
> knitting store, and he sneakily chewed it to bits while I was talking to
> someone about my project.  I didn't even feel him wiggling.  So now I'm
> nervous about leaving the GL on him for any length of time. Clearly the
> puppy is smarter than the human.
> Tracy
>
>
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