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Originally Posted by Sherryabear  we go to our 4th puppy class at Petsmart Saturday afternoon.
The first training class the trainer showed us how to teach the command " Watch Me".....I taught Gordon. To be honest, I doing it often during the day, will say it and he sits and watches me, he has learn the command pretty well.
He has learned sit, down, walk nice on a leash, leave it and give......now those commandments , I can why you would want them to learn.
On our second and third class, the trainer asked are we teaching them the commands , sit, down , leave it, walk nice on leash, and give......she has never mention Watch Me again.
What do you use "Watch Me" for?
I understand you want them to look at you and hold eye contact....but Gordon does anytime I give him any of the other commands.
The only thing I have used the command for is to take his picture....and he will look at me, and I hold the treat right above the camera.....he sits and watches me until I release him and give him the treat.
So what do you use it for? |
My 2yr old Yorkie has an issue at times when on leash and walking past another dog/person so I try and intercept this when I see someone walking towards us I will tell Cooper to sit, and then "Watch me", he is so intent on doing this that "generally" he will now ignore the person/dog walking by. Its a great command actually, plus its also a bonding thing as making that eye contact is great. Alot of the training I do is hand related and not necessarily voice related, so the watch me command must be down pat to go forward.