[NAGDU] Seeing Eye training techniques

[Vanessa Lowery]

I wouldn't have a problem with the occasional treat for approaching a down curb, but my question would be this. With respect to the up curb, is the dog focusing on the up curb in order to get the treat, or is the dog focusing on traffic. I want the dog to be focusing on traffic. So I would personally not be inclined to giving a dog a treat for each correctly approached up curb so as to avoid that focus on only the up curb. The only exception might be treating the dog for a correctly approached up curb if it is at an odd angle. I would treat until the dog is solid with the approach, and then I would eliminate the treat. Again, I want the dog to be thinking about the traffic and not about the fact that it's gonna get a treat when it crosses the street.

Vanessa and the zoo  
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> On Jun 6, 2024, at 7:58 PM, Sean Moore via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I don't  know  if  I should  chime  in  or not.  but  for me gaving  gone  through  " Traditional training" with  my  first and  second dogs  from  Southeastern and  now  Guide DOgs  for the Blind GDB who  uses  food reward as  re-enforcement, Augie  only normally  gets  a food reward  at a  down curb and up curb  to re-enforce  that  they  are  Desirable targets.  I use  food reward  for  personal  targets  I always  wnat  him  to stop  at and  I feel like he's a smarter dog  with  using the  food reward   In conjunction with his great memory stuff for.
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> the  clicker is  used  to  Teach new  targets and  then rewarded for  finding it that  first  few times.
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> yours,
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> Sean Moore  and  Guide Dog: Augie
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