"...the more we learn the more we see that other animals are smarter and more creative than we give them credit for, or perhaps ever imagined. Best to keep an open mind about the cognitive skills of the animals with whom we share our homes and the rest of the planet for "surprises" are continually forthcoming. " Marc Bekoff
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Barking
Once...is sooooo much fun to teach and has come in handy!
Interesting post! I have a question: how do you keep it from becoming a behavior chain? Dottie has a trick in which she barks out the window at nothing, and then runs to me and sits and wags her tail and licks her lips. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have barked at all if she didn't think she would get anything out of it. Suggestions?
I have another cue "noisy" where there's no treats involved but I acknowlege when I catch the chain early and end up interrupting it.
With chains you need to watch for the behaviour leading up to the one you want to extinquish. Find out if you can interrupt it earlier well before they start getting ramped up in the chain.
I can post about it, let me know. I ran into that with Daizy. That's why I didn't teach
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Interesting post! I have a question: how do you keep it from becoming a behavior chain? Dottie has a trick in which she barks out the window at nothing, and then runs to me and sits and wags her tail and licks her lips. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have barked at all if she didn't think she would get anything out of it. Suggestions?
I have another cue "noisy" where there's no treats involved but I acknowlege when I catch the chain early and end up interrupting it.
With chains you need to watch for the behaviour leading up to the one you want to extinquish. Find out if you can interrupt it earlier well before they start getting ramped up in the chain.
I can post about it, let me know. I ran into that with Daizy. That's why I didn't teach
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