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MissMetric · 01-10-2013, 09:20 AM

Hello!

I've finally brought Talos home, and although I'm not worried about command training yet, I have begun engagement training and charging the mark (which for now is a clicker, but will be a marker word later).

I fully believe in starting a puppy on training as soon as possible, but I'm not wanting to push him and confuse him too early, so we'll work on actually doing things later.

My question is, how long did it take your puppy to understand the click/mark? It's only been two days, I know, and we have small sessions of about 2 or 3 minutes of me just click--> treat with no expectations, but I'm wondering about how long it takes for them to actually get it so I don't start freaking out down the line. Thanks!

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MissMetric Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 49	Charging the mark Hello! I've finally brought Talos home, and although I'm not worried about command training yet, I have begun engagement training and charging the mark (which for now is a clicker, but will be a marker word later). I fully believe in starting a puppy on training as soon as possible, but I'm not wanting to push him and confuse him too early, so we'll work on actually doing things later. My question is, how long did it take your puppy to understand the click/mark? It's only been two days, I know, and we have small sessions of about 2 or 3 minutes of me just click--> treat with no expectations, but I'm wondering about how long it takes for them to actually get it so I don't start freaking out down the line. Thanks!