[NAGDU] Seeing Eye training techniques

[Debbie Gabe]

I have to chime in here. The food rewards cut the training time in half for the dogs and then whin the dogs are matched  with a blind person, their training time is also cut in half. ' With a simple piece of kibble, my dog learns about when to stop for overhanging trees and signs after 1 time.  But I don't use food all the time when we are walking.  Only once in a while  
inconsistent rewards is the strongest motivator.
debbie
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> On Jun 6, 2024, at 1:59 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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