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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Oh I would love to teach the nose licking, it sounds so cute. I never could get the clicker down; since you have to do it the exact moment he displays the right behavior there was always too much of a pause between the behavior and me actually getting the clicking noise out. I found the word YESSS much easier, but I think the clicker is great for those people who are coordinated.  |
Oh you are right it a tough one to manage it all.
I tend to not take a clicker if I working a dog with aggression in public cause if you go over thresh hold you in trouble and you need all hands on deck. Sometimes working fear I feeding as fast as I can and have no time to click so we stay under threshhold. It all in what you can manage and really you can do.
You want to sharpen the skill get someone to bounce a ball and have a click as it hits the top of it flip up and then as it hits the ground. You will get better. Then add in click ball up and pass a treat to a bowl by the person pretend it the dogs mouth.. It works even for your yes and to help timing.. Oh everyone timing is not great at first.
One thing correct you yes it should be more staccato, short, sharp and crisp.. like a click because Yessss it leaves the thing you are marking open to to much. A dog can give you a ten or more behaviours in that Yessss and you miss you mark and slow down the action and sometimes confuse the dog. OK! Make sence ??
JL