Lots of people who watch Betsy’s YouTube channel will often ask how I taught her the tricks she knows, and whether I have any tips.
The single thing after training FF is to teach your dog how to think.
There are many many ways you can do this. I will list them in order of preference.
All four methods use the clicker or marker words.
Remember, clicking your dog is like ‘taking a photo’ of the behaviour, you have to do it as quickly as possible before it “flies off”.
A click must always* (*initially, until another behaviour becomes reinforcing enough (worth it enough) to replace it) be followed by some sort of reward.
- Shaping
- Back chaining
- Capturing
- Luring + shaping
I will explain these more thoroughly in later posts.