Hi! Funny I actually did pick up 3 books at the library tonight and have a 4th on order through another library. There are two yorkie books I've bought that cover many topics, but the training isn't very much even with dvds included. One book I did check out tonight that was very detailed in the training was "The Puppy Whisperer" and I should be getting a clicker from Amazon tomorrow.
So far he knows sit, lay down, and shake. He needs to see the hand signal for lay down still. I'm going to work on look, stay, and come much much more. I need to be able to get him to come to me and allow me to pick him up always not dash away when I reach for him! And leave it needs taught when things are dropped.
I'm hoping the clicker makes training so much easier. I brushed the idea off for awhile but I don't know why...I know how well operant learning works.
We are working on crawl too. I think a big probably is I was introducing the word right away with the action instead of letting him learn the action and signal first then throwing in the word cue. Another issue is he will only do these if I'm near him. If I say sit and he is across the room he wouldn't sit but perhaps it's bc he I don't have his attn. |