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Thanks Allie!
I’m a bit confused. So you don’t teach how to charge the marker or the name reaction? In the name reaction I say the dog’s name, when charging the marker I don’t do that, so it’s not exactly the same. If I start with a reaction to the name, will it not be shaping/chaining after the command is introduced (as soon as I start introducing commands praise and reward occurs only after the luring is done, then never directly after the name. So drawing attention to the owner becomes the first part of the command). Honestly I spend about 5 minutes on this during the first class, if the dog has very big problems with focusing on the owner sometimes I even add luring! I move the treat from under the dog’s nose to my face so that the dog looks at me, but after the command is introduced, just looking at the owner is not enough so we have a very simple chain so that the dog gets the reward only after the command is executed. What do you think about such a view of this? I have not noticed that dogs later break the command at the sound of their name, rather they are more likely to wait for the next word, since the name is always followed by the command.
When charging the marker we mean the same thing, when there is an emotional reaction to the sound of the marker it considers association occurs, however this marker can always be charged (later interval training does a lot of work). Emotional reaction is when the dog looks at the owner / wags its tail low (or a combination of a low wag of the tail and ears placed back)
And what about stationary commands, recall and climb ? In the instructions I try to be as technical as I can, although in real life training sessions are different.. and I always try to adjust so that the owner and the dog get along as best as possible (for example, if the dog is not able to stay in a seat when the owner walks away from him at a distance of 5 meters, but he does very well when the owner walks around him even for 1 minute but at a distance of 1 meter, then we have to combine them somehow :D) )(My English is not very good 😀 :D)
