Is it a high value,
high distraction reward?
Not exact matches
- Never chase after your dog - Get your dog to chase you if you don't have control - Practice first indoors with no
distractions - Use a food lure at dog's nose and walk backwards to start the behavior - Practice «Find It» and «Hide and Seek» to train the recall - Practice calling «Come» for mealtimes and for walks - Practice 10 times on each outdoor leash walk (intersperse walking backwards and calling your dog)- Gradually add
distractions and different locations - Practice outside on a long line — first with no
distractions, then add
distractions - Use
high value food
rewards when practicing outside - Don't expect to get from kindergarten to graduate school quickly — this takes time!!
We know that every dog will reach a point where it is placed in a situation where the
distraction is more interesting to our dog than the
high value food
reward or toy
reward that we have to offer.
You will need to revisit those
high - value
rewards each time you increase
distractions.
Not only our ability to use it as
high value
rewards, but also our ability to keep our dog's attention through extremely difficult
distractions.
If paying attention to you in regular space with no
distractions is not
rewarding, how are you going to teach him that ignoring a
high level
distraction and paying attention to your mundane commands will be
rewarding?