training underway

[sams mum]

well i bought a clicker yesterday. have to say it get on my nerves already but its definately effective.got it clipped on my jeans and treats in pocket..

im a bit all over the place with my coordination, clicker in one hand,treat in the other, getting the timing right etc so sam is definately doing a better job than me but ill get there...
heres a clip of Sam trying to train a stupid human to use a clicker

training 11 week old german shepherd - YouTube

[Stuart]

Thats very good,..you were only out of timeing once,...lol,.. Sam is an up and coming star

[Vislor]

'Wait a minute, Olive!'

Very cute.

[sams mum]

Originally Posted by Vislor

'Wait a minute, Olive!'

Very cute.

i know. its a nightmare. he will do it with the other 2 there but easier for me with the one as olive constantly spinning to get her treat and joe all legs and in the way. i waited till she was asleep in the other room but as soon as her supersonic ears heard the treat box coming out the cupboard she scratching like mad at the door...

[Vislor]

Looks like the clicker will work well for that pupster. A good example of it being used well.

The thing with the clicker is it will only work for certain types of dogs. Dads puppy Amoss, for example, will be trained using those sorts of methods because he's quite food motivated but also calm (difficult to teach a dog thats spinning around for treats ).

Anti, my puppy and Amoss' litter sister on the other hand, would not be any good with the clicker. It would mean nothing to her as she couldn't give a monkeys about treats. I'd have to starve her half to death for it to work (which I'm obviously not going to do!).

Interestingly though, and some people might find this very disturbing, when I was working on a film set recently the agent who booked us was telling us that whenever you see a trained cat in a film/TV/Advert it has more than likely been starved for it to do any tricks as cats, like Anti, are rarely food motivated

[sams mum]

Originally Posted by Vislor

Looks like the clicker will work well for that pupster. A good example of it being used well.

The thing with the clicker is it will only work for certain types of dogs. Dads puppy Amoss, for example, will be trained using those sorts of methods because he's quite food motivated but also calm (difficult to teach a dog thats spinning around for treats ).

Anti, my puppy and Amoss' litter sister on the other hand, would not be any good with the clicker. It would mean nothing to her as she couldn't give a monkeys about treats. I'd have to starve her half to death for it to work (which I'm obviously not going to do!).

Interestingly though, and some people might find this very disturbing, when I was working on a film set recently the agent who booked us was telling us that whenever you see a trained cat in a film/TV/Advert it has more than likely been starved for it to do any tricks as cats, like Anti, are rarely food motivated

oooooo thats horrible. same goes with certain breeders at dog shows though. i was good friends with a lady who bred great danes in the 80;s. she was involved with showing and judging.. she told me that some dogs are kept not just peckish but unneccesarily hungry before shows, often being crated for hours before show and not fed at all ..how true this is i dont know as showing is not a bit of me.

as far as spinning goes olive is the queen..she not an easy one to train although she will sit after a standoff for a treat when she knows we ignoring her spinning frenzy... shes greedy, stubborn and and overall madam. lovely nature though and great off the lead, doesnt go far. her problem is yapping at other dogs when she on the lead...