Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Week 3 of Cues class

Side note: Savvy has officially discovered girls. The jokes and references to Deja being his girlfriend have now become a reality. He was all over her last week, doing a little flirting dance, and trying to win her over. She was really being a floozy too, because she'd ignore him and then when he settled down she would go over to him, lick his nose, nibble his neck, and then when he got all excited again, she'd walk off.

So this week we worked on discrimination and retrieve work.

For the retrieve:
* work towards the dumbbell on the floor
* keep shaping a hold

For the discrimination:
* select another "hot" item
* build up to 3 items as before

Notes:
*set up each time then release to touch
*don't use the "touch" cue with him, just shape
*if stuck or disengaged, pick up the item after each touch

Chains:
* come up with 3-4 behaviors to chain together

2 comments:

H.A. Turbofire, Sibertarian said...

I'm just stopping by to say "ha wooo!"

Bex and the Bookends said...

It took me a while to get my Molly, also a Border Collie, trained to retrieve and now she will pick up anything anywhere and deliver it all over. Just keep working at it and he's sure to figure it out.

Good luck!