- 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!!
Should
they use a high value food reward or a medium value food reward?
If he does not look at you when you ask him to, (within 1 - 2 seconds), help him by making the exercise easier or
using higher valued food rewards.
Not exact matches
We
use the word «good» to wean off of the
high value food reward.
A very simple way to do this is to
use a very
high value food reward that your dog only gets after he has gone to the bathroom in the correct place.
We
use high -
value food and toy
rewards to motivate our dogs to want to learn and follow commands.
We usually do this by praising (or clicking, if you
use a clicker) and
rewarding with
high -
value food rewards every time they see another dog.
When it comes to needing really
high value rewards, if you are
using food, you'll need to up the stakes a bit.
Similarly, when first introducing your dog to a new
food puzzle, it can be helpful to
use a «
high value»
food reward that's easy for your dog to get out.
I
use a clicker and
high value food rewards for crate training, the clicker being a little device that emits a sound when you click it to tell your puppy they've done something we want and will get a
reward.
Normally, our main goal with these dogs is to create a positive association with seeing other dogs on walks — I normally
use a clicker and
high -
value food rewards for this, but there are other possibilities if you're creative.
Use a
high -
value food reward.
Keep your sessions short (under 2 minutes) and
use extra
high value food rewards until your dog can be calm during this process.