I first taught her that training is a super fun thing to do with me. She was play-trained since she was 8 weeks old. In the video you will notice that if she got stuck I would take a small step. With free-shaping you are not really supposed to give any signals (either verbal or physical), so I did cheat a little with the step prompts.
How do you make her understand that she needs to come up with something herself? I understand that she gets that clicker = treat, but how do you get her so focused on trying it herself?
@lucymichellex I am shaping her, .i.e., she gets clicked for close approximations in the beginning. Eventually, I stop clicking for ho hum behaviors so she tries harder. Gayle Fisher wrote a great book on free shaping. I admit, free shaping is pretty easy with a Standard Poodle so I had a advantage here.
Thanks for the compliment Holly! Means a lot especially coming from you. :)
k9s4happiness 5 months ago
Good job teaching your dog to jump on you.
pupscouts 5 months ago
@pupscouts Understand Free Shaping before you are so quick to judge what I am teaching my dog to do.
k9s4happiness 1 month ago
love her hair style ^_^
VampyLuLu 1 year ago
I first taught her that training is a super fun thing to do with me. She was play-trained since she was 8 weeks old. In the video you will notice that if she got stuck I would take a small step. With free-shaping you are not really supposed to give any signals (either verbal or physical), so I did cheat a little with the step prompts.
k9s4happiness 1 year ago
Wow, that's very impressive indeed!
How do you make her understand that she needs to come up with something herself? I understand that she gets that clicker = treat, but how do you get her so focused on trying it herself?
lucymichellex 1 year ago
@lucymichellex I am shaping her, .i.e., she gets clicked for close approximations in the beginning. Eventually, I stop clicking for ho hum behaviors so she tries harder. Gayle Fisher wrote a great book on free shaping. I admit, free shaping is pretty easy with a Standard Poodle so I had a advantage here.
k9s4happiness 5 months ago
A great way of training a dog that requires just as much patience, which I clearly seen. Nice work!
Screamerkiss 1 year ago