Keiness
Strolling the yard
So training Diya has been pretty sporadic between funny work shifts and there is defiantly things we need to work on (separation anxiety/calling for people). However, on the clicker training side of things i'm starting to see progress! Diya got target training fairly easily (and working on recalls) and I think he understands now that the click = good. Though back to topic, apparently Diya had been trained to go on command to "potty" but lost it after a bird sitting for a week or two. So I use to always try and say "toilet" when he went and that's about it. First attempts to get him to go over a waste basket or toilet just ended with him exploding on the trip over and leaving a splash trail.
Within the past few days decided to try it more and put the basket closer. So I thought what the heck, put him over, commanded "toilet" and sure enough... Bombs away! I was shocked and then rewarded with a click and happy praise while wondering if it might have been just good timing or a fluke....but every time since he's gone when asked. (Of course if you don't take him there, he won't hold it in either and wont bother waiting). So I wondered if it was the word (toilet) or the item (Waste basket) that was triggering the action. So I decided to take him over the actual toilet and sure enough, he did as told. Yeahhhhh. This is going to make cleaning sooo much easier.
Within the past few days decided to try it more and put the basket closer. So I thought what the heck, put him over, commanded "toilet" and sure enough... Bombs away! I was shocked and then rewarded with a click and happy praise while wondering if it might have been just good timing or a fluke....but every time since he's gone when asked. (Of course if you don't take him there, he won't hold it in either and wont bother waiting). So I wondered if it was the word (toilet) or the item (Waste basket) that was triggering the action. So I decided to take him over the actual toilet and sure enough, he did as told. Yeahhhhh. This is going to make cleaning sooo much easier.