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Hi! I saw your request in pack howl I have a couple questions.
I usually make the name association in phase 1 command structure just by the dog hearing it before a command. Otherwise I find it can cause a similar reaction to the marker. Its not a big deal but I find it is a step that sometimes makes things take longer, and can cause unwanted responses when the dog hears their name. I don’t always want the dogs to turn towards me when they hear their name I just want them to mentally say “yes ma’am”. If the dog becomes conditioned to receiving a reward or for looking for a reward when they hear their name we then have to fade off the reward. I think it is adding things we don’t need. How do you incorporate this with phase 1?
