You offer value for all types of training; these insights solve problems that aren't commonly understood as problems and address behaviors that lead to problems. So good for all.
This is very insightful. I have a busy bee Aussie who I reward for returning back to my side and paying attention to me after straying off or pulling forward. Should I not reward her for unprompted attention? Secondly, on off leash walks, I reward her for returning to “check in” with me before bounding off through the grass again. Is that also not your recommendation? I feel like anytime she is willing to return to my side especially on her own choice, she should get a reward. Thank you!
That’s a good question! Also, a lot of dogs find looking at once owners face extremely reinforcing. Especially the herding breeds they would like to look at your face and your movement. So you could even use your face what you say and your movement is really enforcement for them coming back besides a treat or toy. But I think it’s important. You make the connection for as long as you and your dog enjoy, and then you begin the walk together and there’s a clear ending so you’re not looking up ignoring the dog and the dog is still trying to make that connection with you and staring up. Does that make sense? Also if your dog does stare up at you and offer, of course you can reinforce it and give your dog attention back. As much as you want. But there should be periods where you can tell the dog they can do what they like and and walk and enjoy looking at different things and smelling different things. But no, I’m not saying that looking up is something that they shouldn’t do. Sometimes my dogs do need to be told. It’s all finished with looking up at me on a walk because they think I might do some sort of fun game like running with them if they’re off leash or playing with the leash with them, and when I’m outside on my acre, they might lay near me and look at me to see if I might play with them and I have to tell them that I’m not going to be playing with them because I’m drinking my coffee and then get up and sniff around and enjoy.
You just answered alot of concerns I had thank you. Also prevents neck issues, I've seen dogs looking up obsessively at their owners when walking with head turned up constantly one way. I was also concerned about the frustration side of things. Great vid thanks!
I try rewarding for calm loose leash walking without looking at me but the moment my girl gets a reward she immediately goes to the end of the leash to see what she has missed. But sure how to stop that behavior
The timing of this video for me is impeccable. My dog is finally starting to get the concept of loose leash walking, but we run into every single issue you mentioned while we're trying to figure it out. As always, I love the breakdown of behavior you want to avoid or encourage, and why. Makes it really intuitive to apply to your own dog!
Thank you so much for this video! I'm doing this just for some days now and it's been helping so much with him being relaxed and calmer on our walks. He's a highly trained program service dog but I never liked the treat for every kind of offered attention because of the very problem you talk about in the video. He still gets treats for checking in and waiting when hiking without a leash, for recall and all the other things which are very important for him being able to be off leash. Anyways, when it comes to heel walking he stopped looking up very fast with your described method and calmly walked besides me today for long periods with minimal treats and, which is way more important for me, in a much calmer state of mind. Thank you so much for the advice I didn't know I needed 😊
I have a question!! I really want to use the "all done" thing, it seems like it would really help with what I'm struggling with. The reason I haven't done it before is because at the dog park I go to, everybody uses "all done" to get the dogs to stop mooching their treats, and some of them use a rough tone, and I thought of it almost like a non reward marker because it seemed like they were intending it to correct the dogs. I use my dogs positive interrupter "leave it" if someone yells at him in that context. He trots away, looks up at me, I tell him how good he is, sometimes I call him over to get a treat. ❤ Your videos really helped me to differentiate in my mind between using "leave it" as a positive interrupter vs "leave it" as a verbal correction. I was wondering how I teach "all done" as a positive marker when I can't really reinforce him with a treat after? Any tips for how to differentiate it in my mind from a non reward marker?
I think the part you’re referring to is when I said to act out like you’re interested in a bush or something and go down and point out it, if you look at my sniffy video, I usually an example in that video where you see me looking around at the grass and pointing. This will build the dogs curiosity in exploring the environments and make them less likely to want to stare up at you so you’re using your body movement to show the dog what do you want them to do. The video is for anybody interested. I am actually going to just start making videos that I want to make on topics I want to make, rather than trying to appease the UA-cam algorithms so this video probably won’t get very many views because it’s a very odd topic, but it’s a topic that I think is actually more helpful to people than one that’s more click bait like “stop pulling” etc or “loose leash walking”
Thank you for the timely help! I really needed this! My problem is over-excitement during training whenever the boiled chicken comes out. Yesterday’s and today’s videos have helped me a lot to understand what I need to do! Thank you so much! ❤😊
You can also try a lower value treat, or a bigger treat as the one you drop as the one off at first. If you have a dog that is really stressed by the fact they only got one .
@@kikopup Thank you! I’m working on sustained backwards leg weaves. Low value treats do work well but only if they come often enough, like every other weave. OTOH if chicken is in the room he’s much too impatient about it to give me several weaves in a row. After watching your videos I tried again by making an unexpected request for weaves outside of a formal “session,” while the chicken was still in the fridge. I found he was willing to do a nice line of them for no treats, which was of course followed by my sincere praise and a trip to the fridge for chicken. Since he’s no longer in the “learning” phase for this trick, it seems like working with the treats off my body and out of the room may be a good approach. I liked that he was happy to perform without any treats in sight, and that he learned he would still get chicken for doing so. It’s certainly more fun to train without “treat anxiety”! So I need to work on the exercises you describe as well. We did Dr. Karen Overall’s Protocol for Relaxation, but that was ages ago. I do tend to ramp him up too much for training-I need to remember we’re not doing agility. I should be modeling my training much more after yours-calm and zen. Thanks so much again. ♥️
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I'm so happy you exist, your videos and great work have helped me and so many of my friends connect and bond with our dogs. Thank you!
You offer value for all types of training; these insights solve problems that aren't commonly understood as problems and address behaviors that lead to problems. So good for all.
This is very insightful. I have a busy bee Aussie who I reward for returning back to my side and paying attention to me after straying off or pulling forward. Should I not reward her for unprompted attention?
Secondly, on off leash walks, I reward her for returning to “check in” with me before bounding off through the grass again. Is that also not your recommendation? I feel like anytime she is willing to return to my side especially on her own choice, she should get a reward. Thank you!
That’s a good question! Also, a lot of dogs find looking at once owners face extremely reinforcing. Especially the herding breeds they would like to look at your face and your movement. So you could even use your face what you say and your movement is really enforcement for them coming back besides a treat or toy. But I think it’s important. You make the connection for as long as you and your dog enjoy, and then you begin the walk together and there’s a clear ending so you’re not looking up ignoring the dog and the dog is still trying to make that connection with you and staring up. Does that make sense? Also if your dog does stare up at you and offer, of course you can reinforce it and give your dog attention back. As much as you want. But there should be periods where you can tell the dog they can do what they like and and walk and enjoy looking at different things and smelling different things. But no, I’m not saying that looking up is something that they shouldn’t do. Sometimes my dogs do need to be told. It’s all finished with looking up at me on a walk because they think I might do some sort of fun game like running with them if they’re off leash or playing with the leash with them, and when I’m outside on my acre, they might lay near me and look at me to see if I might play with them and I have to tell them that I’m not going to be playing with them because I’m drinking my coffee and then get up and sniff around and enjoy.
Melody has quickly mastered the strategic looking away and then looking back at me to get a treat. 😂
Good video as always!
Haha, exactly. Dogs learn pretty quickly all our tricks.
Thank you as always and I'm liking the background in this video, very clean
Another useful & practical clip. Thank you.
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You just answered alot of concerns I had thank you. Also prevents neck issues, I've seen dogs looking up obsessively at their owners when walking with head turned up constantly one way. I was also concerned about the frustration side of things. Great vid thanks!
I try rewarding for calm loose leash walking without looking at me but the moment my girl gets a reward she immediately goes to the end of the leash to see what she has missed. But sure how to stop that behavior
The timing of this video for me is impeccable. My dog is finally starting to get the concept of loose leash walking, but we run into every single issue you mentioned while we're trying to figure it out. As always, I love the breakdown of behavior you want to avoid or encourage, and why. Makes it really intuitive to apply to your own dog!
Thank you so much for this video! I'm doing this just for some days now and it's been helping so much with him being relaxed and calmer on our walks. He's a highly trained program service dog but I never liked the treat for every kind of offered attention because of the very problem you talk about in the video. He still gets treats for checking in and waiting when hiking without a leash, for recall and all the other things which are very important for him being able to be off leash. Anyways, when it comes to heel walking he stopped looking up very fast with your described method and calmly walked besides me today for long periods with minimal treats and, which is way more important for me, in a much calmer state of mind. Thank you so much for the advice I didn't know I needed 😊
Thank you! I have a new border jack puppy and we need all the settle work we can get 😅
I have a question!! I really want to use the "all done" thing, it seems like it would really help with what I'm struggling with. The reason I haven't done it before is because at the dog park I go to, everybody uses "all done" to get the dogs to stop mooching their treats, and some of them use a rough tone, and I thought of it almost like a non reward marker because it seemed like they were intending it to correct the dogs. I use my dogs positive interrupter "leave it" if someone yells at him in that context. He trots away, looks up at me, I tell him how good he is, sometimes I call him over to get a treat. ❤ Your videos really helped me to differentiate in my mind between using "leave it" as a positive interrupter vs "leave it" as a verbal correction. I was wondering how I teach "all done" as a positive marker when I can't really reinforce him with a treat after? Any tips for how to differentiate it in my mind from a non reward marker?
Thank you. I've been reviewing your settle content recently, so this is good timing for me.
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Could you explain "body language". Are you refering to yours, or the dogs? Is this video for trainers or owners. Thankyou
I think the part you’re referring to is when I said to act out like you’re interested in a bush or something and go down and point out it, if you look at my sniffy video, I usually an example in that video where you see me looking around at the grass and pointing. This will build the dogs curiosity in exploring the environments and make them less likely to want to stare up at you so you’re using your body movement to show the dog what do you want them to do. The video is for anybody interested. I am actually going to just start making videos that I want to make on topics I want to make, rather than trying to appease the UA-cam algorithms so this video probably won’t get very many views because it’s a very odd topic, but it’s a topic that I think is actually more helpful to people than one that’s more click bait like “stop pulling” etc or “loose leash walking”
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Thank you for the timely help! I really needed this! My problem is over-excitement during training whenever the boiled chicken comes out. Yesterday’s and today’s videos have helped me a lot to understand what I need to do! Thank you so much! ❤😊
You can also try a lower value treat, or a bigger treat as the one you drop as the one off at first. If you have a dog that is really stressed by the fact they only got one .
@@kikopup Thank you! I’m working on sustained backwards leg weaves. Low value treats do work well but only if they come often enough, like every other weave. OTOH if chicken is in the room he’s much too impatient about it to give me several weaves in a row. After watching your videos I tried again by making an unexpected request for weaves outside of a formal “session,” while the chicken was still in the fridge. I found he was willing to do a nice line of them for no treats, which was of course followed by my sincere praise and a trip to the fridge for chicken. Since he’s no longer in the “learning” phase for this trick, it seems like working with the treats off my body and out of the room may be a good approach. I liked that he was happy to perform without any treats in sight, and that he learned he would still get chicken for doing so. It’s certainly more fun to train without “treat anxiety”! So I need to work on the exercises you describe as well. We did Dr. Karen Overall’s Protocol for Relaxation, but that was ages ago. I do tend to ramp him up too much for training-I need to remember we’re not doing agility. I should be modeling my training much more after yours-calm and zen. Thanks so much again. ♥️
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