Cues mean more than a history of reinforcement if a specific behavior occurs. Cues can give so much information to the animal! Griffin and I have been working on and off on his “Drop on Recall” obedience exercise. We do a session. It goes poorly. I come back to Read more…
In a Monday night class, we talked briefly about the benefits and risks of other people handling and cueing Griffin. Griffin was added to my home to be my competition (obedience and agility especially!) dog…. but also my demo dog and to go out and help me help other people Read more…
We typically add our cues after the behavior is established. I’ve come across a few very ‘elegant’ examples of cueing that I emailed to Megan this morning…. but the world would probably enjoy them too. Steve White only adds in the tracking harness after the tracking behavior is fairly well Read more…