[bradc1957]

Hi Tracy,

Thanks for the reply. We’re still a bit confused on the toy movement piece but will continue with just using “hand” and see if that works. Mainly a familial discussion😊

Here is my next video for toy reinforcement. Sorry that this is a bit like nails on a chock board! I tried to edit out all of the lengthy toy retrievals as you can see this is something we need to work on.

Overall Reilly did well however he seemed a bit confused by “bite” as he is used to hearing git it. Most of the time if I had said git it he would have nailed the toy, as you can see a couple of times when I said bite he just sat there. I think he will come along. Should i make this a little more exciting before saying bite? I’m not as animated as I should be.

In case you can’t hear I am using the word “mine” instead of out.

Fun stuff, but hard.

Cheers,
Brad

[bradc1957]

Another question. For the food verbals I think our goal is to have them know when they can get a snack and that they should take the snack gently. With the toy verbal we are using bite to tell them when they can take the toy and that they can take it more aggressively than food.

I’m a bit confused then on the verbal for movement toward the reward. You use shhh on both food and toy to cue movement toward the reward, and yet the dog is supposed to take the food easily and the toy can be taken more aggressively. How do they differentiate how to take the different rewards? Thanks

[bradc1957]

Thanks! That really helps. Good luck today!

[bradc1957]

Thanks for the feedback. Reilly has been really solid in offering the sit stays in the start line class. For the catch in this class I’m guessing I could get him to stay and then move off a ways and begin to throw the cookie behind. Would that work?

Now a big toy question. We have always used git it for going after the toy whether on the ground, thrown, or in the hand. Do we need to have different words for each of these “toy events”? Especially do we need to have another word for the non-motion toy in the hand?

Thanks

Jai Alai players seem to careen around!

[bradc1957]

Thanks for the reply. Here is my first video attempting the four different food reinforcement exercises. I didn’t have the camera set up quite right so cut off my head but you can see hands and what is going on. Hope that is ok. I’ll reposition next time.

How often do we repeat the exercises?

Thanks Brad
P.S. I tried the get game with Jackson and he reacted like a Jai Alai player!

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