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Originally Posted by lostsouls59  Thank you both for the wonderful advice. Like I said in class he does great with the stay. They test him every class to make sure we understood the correction and reward idea. Like I said in class he does great. The trainers just praise him away. We also do watch me. I will try to add this in on our walks instead of just stay and the zig zag movement. I might be the one that needs the training on this so I will start a search for a working dog training group or some one on one training. |
It is important to note that dogs do not generalize behaviors like we do. If you train him in class, and he behaves with distractions, it's because he's relating that "good behavior" to the class environment.
So, one must train in various environments (in the house, in the yard, on walks, at the veterinarian's, in class, downtown, at night, in the rain, etc....)
adding distractions as the dog succeeds. Corrections and compulsion are only used AFTER the dog has good success in each environment.
Hope that makes sense.