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so, i've noticed when i'm training clover that behaviors come in several sort of steps. i always start a new behavior very slowly to sort of gauge his interest in it and to make sure that i am using a technique that will work to acheive the desired result. this way, if it isn't working out quite right i can leave it alone for a bit and go back to it when i have adjusted my technique.
anyway, i'll just throw a new behavior into a training session a couple of times and i know if he seems really interested in it, he gets really excited about it at first. then i will do a few sessions where i will focus a bit more on that behavior, to really try to shape it. at this point clover is either super focused and just learns the new behavior smoothly or sometimes he will just lie down and look at me (it seems like he is saying "okay mom, you are pushing too hard again i'll just wait for you to get it") and he loses interest in the training session.
so at this point i will skip the new stuff for a bit. then several days later, after not asking for the new behavior for a bit, he'll just do it. just like that....its as if he is just saying "ah-ha" and a little lightbulb is going off in his head
i was just wanting some thoughts/feedback, do your dogs do this "ah-ha" thing?
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anyway, i'll just throw a new behavior into a training session a couple of times and i know if he seems really interested in it, he gets really excited about it at first. then i will do a few sessions where i will focus a bit more on that behavior, to really try to shape it. at this point clover is either super focused and just learns the new behavior smoothly or sometimes he will just lie down and look at me (it seems like he is saying "okay mom, you are pushing too hard again i'll just wait for you to get it") and he loses interest in the training session.
so at this point i will skip the new stuff for a bit. then several days later, after not asking for the new behavior for a bit, he'll just do it. just like that....its as if he is just saying "ah-ha" and a little lightbulb is going off in his head
i was just wanting some thoughts/feedback, do your dogs do this "ah-ha" thing?
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