Extremely proud of midnight!!

Smitherman · 01-25-2013, 05:42 PM

I have a solid black female GSD who is 12 weeks old. At this age she is friendly with everyone! She isnt to bad about pulling on leash, she likes other dogs. She LOVES cats! At this age she knows the commands sit, lay, come, & when she is in a laying position I can say up and she will come up into a sitting position! I cant believe how fast she is learning! One quick question though how do I get her out of the habbit of only doing a command when I have something she wants. I dont always give her a treat I praise her & reward her with play time but I think she is learning SO fast! She is very intelligent & loyal!

Shaolin · 01-25-2013, 07:26 PM

You answered your own question.

We slowly did a treat wean: I would treat after every successful command, then I did it every other time, then every third time, then so on. Even now at 5, mine will randomly get a treat for following though with a command just to keep him on his toes.

robk · 01-25-2013, 07:32 PM

Study marker training.

spidermilk · 01-25-2013, 08:06 PM

Keep doing what you're doing. Honestly at such a young age I wouldn't worry about fading treats all together or even slowing down. When my dog was that young we would use his entire meal of kibble as treats and just make him do trick after trick (or just feed it to him while he was still in down or sit position to reinforce).

01-25-2013, 05:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Smitherman Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 108	Extremely proud of midnight!! I have a solid black female GSD who is 12 weeks old. At this age she is friendly with everyone! She isnt to bad about pulling on leash, she likes other dogs. She LOVES cats! At this age she knows the commands sit, lay, come, & when she is in a laying position I can say up and she will come up into a sitting position! I cant believe how fast she is learning! One quick question though how do I get her out of the habbit of only doing a command when I have something she wants. I dont always give her a treat I praise her & reward her with play time but I think she is learning SO fast! She is very intelligent & loyal!

01-25-2013, 07:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Shaolin Master Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Great Mills, MD Posts: 985	You answered your own question. We slowly did a treat wean: I would treat after every successful command, then I did it every other time, then every third time, then so on. Even now at 5, mine will randomly get a treat for following though with a command just to keep him on his toes. __________________ RIP Sebastian GSD/Rott 5/12/2002 RIP Cheyenne The Western Lady Collie 9/6/2012 Finnian The Irish Lad WGSD: SAR Abeni the Little Warrior: Pomeranian rescue. "Res nos operor ut alius algo" "Go mairidís beo"

01-25-2013, 07:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
robk Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 1,525	Study marker training. __________________ Honor Von Kaltwasser BH aka "Ruger" http://www.working-dog.eu/dogs-detai...von-Kaltwasser

01-25-2013, 08:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
spidermilk Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Columbia, MO Posts: 384	Keep doing what you're doing. Honestly at such a young age I wouldn't worry about fading treats all together or even slowing down. When my dog was that young we would use his entire meal of kibble as treats and just make him do trick after trick (or just feed it to him while he was still in down or sit position to reinforce).

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