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Originally Posted by CherryBrandy
I can imagine he goes nuts...I have imagines of you being pulled behind him horizontal ....the trick is to do it at home nice and quiet and so he gets use to the command, good behaviour gets the treat .... so for instance you could say 'watch me' (I do a hand sign too - hand to eye - this is so I can attract attention from far away and just point to my eye). So say 'watch me' with or without the hand - and if he makes eye contact he gets the treat. (I never give snack treats - too high in ash content makes them loopy). its all about making the 'resource' more interesting so in theory when he goes nuts you can say 'watch me'. At the moment the barking is much more interesting for him and you probably interact and he gets what he wants, and scare off the intruder to boot ! probably sucking eggs for you but I love dog training. mine can empty the washing machine - got to be cruel to be kind I say , CB
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I love training him, he is really clever!
So far I have taught him lie down (and get up or he just stayed there) and back (and clicker trained him)! Was thinking what else I can teach him from the sofa (stupid sore foot) so will do that (training treat I have been using is just bits of his food as I am going through so much, I agree with you on most treats just full of rubbish, the usual treat for him is fish skin - used them with Buzz as are low calorie and healthy)
I have found he LOVES cheese (not given him and but when I ate some he licked my fingers only where I touched the cheese) I know its not healthy, but thinking it may be a good extra special treat, can be cut really small and has a strong smell... but still just an idea and not sure if its a good one