Your Dog's Verbal Cues And Hand Signals: How To Effectively Train Both #113
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Oct 1, 2021
Discover the power of physical cues for effective dog training, especially for those with hearing challenges. Learn how to avoid common mistakes and enhance your communication with your furry friend. Delve into why physical cues can outshine verbal commands and how to train your dog to respond to specific signals. Explore the process of generalizing behaviors before introducing cues, and pick up tips on using unique prompts like finger points. Plus, uncover creative verbal cues and techniques for reinforcing desired actions!
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Physical Cues Dominate
Physical cues, like hand motions, often overpower verbal cues in dog training.
Dogs are prey animals and react to movement faster than words.
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Separate Cue Training
Train verbal and physical cues separately to avoid confusing your dog.
This speeds up learning and prevents issues later.
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Generalize Before Cueing
Generalize behaviors before adding cues.
Practice the behavior in different locations to ensure reliability.
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Sit, down and come are three cues many people use to prompt their dogs to do something. But what happens when your dog can’t hear those words? They might be a distance away or have hearing loss. Enter the physical cue! People can really mess up their hand signals when training their dog, but physical cues can be easy to teach once you know the process.
In the episode you'll hear:
• What a physical cue is and how the training can get messed up. • How physical cues overpower verbal cues. • Why we want our dogs to have some physical cues. • How stimulus creates behaviour and reinforcement sees behavior repeated. • How to train your dog to go to a mat or bed. • About generalizing a behaviour before adding the cue. • When and how to add a cue for your dog. • How I use a finger point as one of my physical cues. • The reason I use "hop it up" for a verbal cue. • Why to remember "new cue, old cue". • The physical cue to use for your dog coming when called. • How to test the cues that you use now for your dog. • Why I don't have a verbal cue for a hand touch.
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Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett