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Originally Posted by yogi53
I praise by saying "yesssss" and then release and then a verbal and petting party-I do try to tone it down as the crazier I get the nuttier she gets and I need to refocus for the next round of work.
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OK, good.
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The next question has evoked much thought.....I am not sure how I taught the front and quite honestly this most likely means I HAVE NOT taught the front.......
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BINGO!
Teach the front.
Seriously, start out by having a good treat held in front of you with BOTH hands and lure her into a front. Make sure you give her the treat from BOTH hands together or else you will start teaching her to be crooked. Once she is luring consistently, add in your recall command (come, here, front, goat...whatever you use to call her).
Then move to calling her to front with your hands at your sides, moving both hands together to treat her once she gets close, and so on. Then you can move to the spitting stuff.
And when I say you should be teaching fronts separately from recalls, I mean the dog should only be 4 feet or so away.