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Showing posts with label Level One. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Level One. Show all posts
Oceanside Harbor May 25, Webster, Rooster, Nad Level 1 all below threshold
Webster was doing PUPPY PUSH UPS, SIT, STAND, DOWN.
Oceanside Harbor May 25, Levels and Car Zen
Webster's criteria was L2 DOWNSTAY, building DISTANCE and DURATION.
Duration
Using Chutes and Ladders.
Building 10 seconds of duration:
BUT, what does STEPS tell you, when divided into small criteria? Step by little Step? You may be surprised! You WILL be surprised! You just may be inspired to RE-TEACH!!!
ZEN: L1, 2
Karen uses Chutes and Ladders to increase Webster's Zen: L1 to 10 seconds.
Zen: L1 is the first time Chutes and Ladders is introduced.
Zen: L2 is the first Behavior Chain a Levels dog learns.
In L2 Webster will combine Hand Zen AND Floor Zen.
DOWN STAY: L2
Lots of new concepts in Level Two!
The DownStay is the first (and easiest) of the duration behaviors.
DOWNSTAY: L2: DISCUSSION
SIT STAY: L2
Molly maintains 10 seconds of Duration.
First we "explain" maintaining position
and then we begin adding Distance to this L2 behavior
A Milestone for Rooster!
Rooster successfully plays The Come Game in the park!
For the first time, Rooster is able to ignore the distractions
and play The Come Game.
Next we will use the game to teach Rooster to come to the trainer
looking on the ground for the treat and eliminate the jumping.
As Cathy adds the default Sit to Rooster's Come,
this, too, will help to eliminate his jumping.
Good job, Rooster!
Rooster: ZEN: Levels 1 and 2
Chair Zen
(no coffee tables in the parking lot!)
Building Duration with Chutes and Ladders
ZEN: Level 2: beginning Floor Zen
Introducing Floor Zen
The Come Game: Adding the Cue
Webster plays The Come Game
Webster understands The Come Game and is volunteering the behavior.
When Webster is dependably volunteering the behavior,
we add the cue......"Webster, Come!"
Webster is distracted by Lily while doing the exercise.
Watch him respond to the Come cue.
Karen is able to call him away from Lily
using the cue only once.
Most of Webster's COME: Level 1 practice has been with Karen only
(not between 2 or more people)
at home in the house or in the back yard.
He was able to handle the distractions in the classroom.
On the other hand, Rooster is getting a LOT of practice playing The Come Game
between Cathy and Steven outside on the farm.
Given his training experience,
Rooster should have been the more successful dog.
But he was unable to handle the distractions of the classroom today
and we were unable to play the game with him at all.
A great example of something Sue says often:
"Maybe he's a 50X dog, maybe he's a 100X dog.
Go back and keep teaching."
Who knows?
Good work, Cathy!
Work where your dog IS,
not where he "should" be
Re-teaching Level 1 ZEN
A different location, different surface, different distractions
even different treats for Rooster!
Cathy and Karen re-teach ZEN: Level 1
and then
begin re-teaching ZEN: Level 2
Both Rooster and Webster are comfortably working sub-threshold.
BEFORE MOVING ON
a) Add distance that the dog moves from your hand
b) Add duration (Today we built duration to 10 seconds)
c) Coffee Table Zen (Today we played Chair Zen)
Re-teach ZEN: Level 1 and Level 2 here and there and everywhere.
Soon we will "marry" ZEN and LEASH.
Chair ZEN
ZEN: Level 1: Before Moving On
Staying off a treat on a chair.
(In Steps it is Coffee Table ZEN)
Cathy and Karen went back to the beginning and re-taught ZEN.....this time on the surface of a chair.
Re-teach ZEN in different places, using different treats, with different distractions.
Show someone else how to teach your dog Level 1 ZEN.
It's all there in ZEN: Level 1. The better Rooster and Webster understand ZEN at Level 1, the sooner they will be able to transfer ZEN into all aspects of their lives.
Rooster and Webster are well into ZEN: Level 2, Floor ZEN. And "playing" it everywhere. Good work, ladies!
Do they know it "in their soul" ? ? ?
ZEN: Level 1, 2
Building ZEN duration to 10 seconds in the hand, in the food dish and on the floor. Then Molly did the same behaviors and the same duration for a stranger. She has a strong understanding of ZEN.
Help your dog understand Zen not as a behaviour but as a way of life.
Zen is about you drawing lines - setting limits for your dog to understand.
SIT: Level 1: Developing a Default "Car" Sit
Using SIT: Level 1 as a default behavior. Here we begin developing a default SIT upon exiting the car. We use SIT: Level 1 as a default behavior on recall. We will begin developing a default SIT before exiting (and entering) the exterior door at home.
Sharon and Molly ... Cathy and Rooster
Sue writes:
When can you use Sit? How can you start appying it to making your own life easier?
You now have a major tool for teaching the dog to control herself. Think about self-control in ALL your interactions with her. She wants her supper, she can Sit while you put the dish down. She wants you to open the door, she can Sit. She wants you to toss a toy for her? She can Sit. She wants to be petted? She can Sit.
"Wow, Binkie! You have to see this! I can get anything I want! Watch! I go to the door and Sit....and Shazam....they open it!"
Where can she Sit? Can she Sit on the floor? On grass? On carpet? On a chair? On a grooming table? On the floor of your car? On top of her crate? Under a table? Halfway up the stairs?
Can she Sit for other members of your family? For strangers? Kids? Men with beards? Guys with police hats?
Can she Sit during TV commercials? When you open the oven door? When the doorbell rings? When you're on the phone? When you're putting on your coat? When you're brushing your teeth? While you're peeling carrots? While you're putting on her leash and collar?
Yes, we're STILL talking about Level One: SIT
DOWN: Level 1 Another way to "explain"
The more ways we can "explain" a behavior to our dog, the better she will understand.
Dale demonstrates another way to lure the Down
REVIEW:
Steps: Introduction: Cues
When you find yourself repeating a cue,
or you cue a behavior and get something else
or even something even slightly not-right,
STOP USING THE CUE!
Go back,
retrain the behavior,
reattach the cue
and go on from there.
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