[nagdu] Clicker and impulse control

[The Pawpower Pack]

Tracy, 
When I'm working with smaller bits of food in an unprotective environment, like when the food is not under or in something, I have been known to take some very hot pepper flakes, mix them with a little olive oil, and put a thin layer of it on the cracker or whatever I'm using for food.  
Hopefully, I've put enough time and reps into training zen, but just in case the dog gets the food, it will not be an enjoyable experience.  
Just a thought.  

 Rox and the kitchen Bitches: 
Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
Pawpower4me at gmail.com
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> On Jul 6, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tracy Carcione via nagdu
>> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 8:19 AM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione
>> Subject: [nagdu] Clicker and impulse control
>> 
>> 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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