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Made this for a student of mine for heeling class

Made this for a student of mine for heeling class so thought I'd share it here.

Pre reqs:
Clear reinforcement procedure
Sustained nose touch in heel
moving heel in correct position-trained

I do this so that I have a bridge behavior before the primary reinforcement of treat or toy. I tend to feed out of position, so I wanted a behavior that emphasized correct heel position-a hand placed in the perfect dog nose spot.

My gut feeling is that I as a trainer reinforce too much and too often, creating frustration out of my dog when I start reducing reinforcement. So, I'm looking at tons of variability often and soon in Ion's behaviors. I think it's working!

Ion is trying so hard! He aims to please! It is up to me to split things down for him to keep that wonderful ears up and eyes shining attitude of his.

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I'm looking forward to teaching all those little p

I went and did a thing! I created a new class on f

I went and did a thing! I created a new class on food marker cues. I want all the information in one easily accessed place so here you go!
Class description:
Are you finding yourself confused by all the new marker cues for everything? Toss, X, Yes, Sniff, Scatter, it’s hard to keep them all straight and your head is going to explode! What is the big deal anyway? A treat is a treat. Why do people have 20 zillion cues for a simple treat? And where does a clicker fit in all of this?
Let’s explore that concept in my new 6 week class on location specific marker cues. I promise to simplify reinforcement procedures for you, with lots of real time practice of timing, and cue discrimination. We’ll cover the most popular marker cues in the first couple of weeks, along with looking at clean training loops, resets, and timing of simple behavior cues. I’ll add offered focus, down stays and some practice on how to capture and shape simple behaviors as well. We’ll talk about the emotion attached to different marker cues and how you can use that excitement or calmness to teach specific behavior skills. We’ll customize it to your dog, picking a behavior to teach and exploring why you might use a specific reinforcement procedure over another to help train that skill.
This sounds like a foundation class, right? It is, but I promise even advanced students will find something they need to learn. I’m continually seeing students with 15 different marker cues but the dog acts the same with each one until the sight of the actual treat. Tip-all those cues are not helping you if you don’t see anticipatory body language between the cue and the presentation of the treat!
Trainers who will benefit the most from this course are new trainers, trainers with lots of book experience but not a lot of hands on, trainers getting into dogs sports for the first time and of course, trainers who want to know more about Location Specific Marker cues.
#DogSports #ReinforcementProcedures #MarkerCues #OnLineDogTraining #FDSA #FenziDogSportsAcademy #OnLineLearning #DogTraining #DogTrainingTips

Fdsa is presenting a play conference on July 13th

Fdsa is presenting a play conference on July 13th and I'm doing a problem solving webinar on toy play. Here is the syllabus!
Questions? Drop them here.

Shaping offered jump stand is almost finished! I

Shaping offered jump stand is almost finished!
I really like the confidence and speed shaping behaviors gives me in the position exercises. It's a bit long to get what I want, but my experience is that once I have it, there is very little maintenance required throughout the dog's career.
This was my Friday Patreon post so if you are interested in this and other things, check that out!
Other ways to get offered behavior protocols are my Crucial Concepts from fdsa that is this October term.
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Having challenges with distracting smells in the e

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