Course Details
Do you have a dog that sits a little far out on their fronts? Maybe they forge (or lag!) in heeling? Or maybe YOUR problem is trying to get your dog to hold position… in a sit or down stay.
Did you know there’s one key concept that can help with all of these problems… and it often requires only a small change in how you’re training the behaviors?
In this workshop, we’ll look at how Location Specific Markers (LSM) and clean loops work together to create precise, correct behaviors by using our dogs’ natural tendencies in our favor.
Reward placement can make all the difference in training!Where you deliver the reinforcement for a behavior rewards the rep your dog just did, but it affects the next rep. We can use that to our advantage by thinking about where those rewards should come from depending on the skill you’re working on, the tendency of your dog, and the reward markers you have trained! We will be covering different ways to reward all sorts of skills: heeling, positions, recalls, signals, go outs, stays, etc. We will discuss how changing the placement of reward can help with accuracy, straightness, and preventing forward movement. Either food or toys can be used for rewards.
During this workshop you will learn how to see your dog’s tendencies in these behaviors so that you can use the placement of your reward to affect the dog. You’ll learn all sorts of different ways that we can reward in order to get the effect we’re looking for!
In order to get the most out of this workshop, it would be helpful for dogs to have a basic concept of short stays (platforms are fine), positions (sit and down), and very basic heeling skills. None of these skills need to be refined, but dogs should have been introduced to them.
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Lecture Publish Date: Sunday February 9
Video Submissions Due Date: Sunday February 16 @ 12pm noon PT
Feedback & Questions Video Publish Date: Wednesday February 19
Instructor: Nicole Wiebusch Nicole Wiebusch (she/her) started competing in dog sports as a teenager in the 90’s and quickly became addicted to the sport of obedience. In 2001, she acquired a golden retriever named Tucker who taught her that traditional methods weren’t the best way to a happy confident dog. (Click here for full bio and to view Nicole's upcoming courses)