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LissG · 12-04-2011, 04:07 PM

I want to give my 6month old working line GSD a "job" so I was wondering if you could help me teach him to put things in a pile like wood, or laundry?

jang · 12-04-2011, 04:27 PM

When I first got Sib I really wanted her to fetch beer for me...Well that didn't happen but she does fetch the paper for daddy in the am and brings me my pillow every nite when I settle down..The way I taught her to fetch the paper was to continue a inside game we had been playing..I had taken a towel and hid it in parts of the house(originally it had a toy hidden in it so she had to discern toy from towel)--taught her to stay, wait and then go find..For the paper, I took same towel and wrapped it around the paper and threw it out into the drive for her to fetch--which she learned in about 5 minutes ..I know I am no trainer, but this was fun for us and dad really likes her getting the paper for him..Please keep in mind she is a companion dog...My expectations are in relation to that..Blessings to all.
Jan

**Cassidy's Mom** · 12-04-2011, 09:12 PM

I've never taught anything like that, but to me it sounds like the perfect situation for backchaining - teaching the end of the behavior first. So I'd start with teaching her to "take" and "give" things to you, (use whatever commands you want) then I'd work with her by the laundry basket or a garbage can so that when she drops whatever she has, it goes in. Work on that for awhile, marking and rewarding her for dropping something into a variety of different things to generalize the behavior, and then gradually move further away, starting with just a step or two, so she has to actually go to the basket to drop something in it. You can name the various places to drop stuff so that you can send her from a distance and she'll be able to discriminate between them.

LissG · 12-05-2011, 07:57 PM

thanks guys!!

Lilie · 12-05-2011, 08:03 PM

I taught Hondo to put his toys back in the toy basket, by using 'drop it'. It didn't quite work the way I wanted it to though, he would put a toy back in the basket, but he'd pull another one out. Good example of 'self rewarding'.

LissG · 12-06-2011, 10:07 AM

hhahahahaha that's cute

12-04-2011, 04:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
LissG Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Posts: 323	I know YOU can help me :) I want to give my 6month old working line GSD a "job" so I was wondering if you could help me teach him to put things in a pile like wood, or laundry? __________________ add Wolf on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...00002684629115 Wolf 7/9/11 you picked me

12-04-2011, 04:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
jang Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: titusville, fl Posts: 363	When I first got Sib I really wanted her to fetch beer for me...Well that didn't happen but she does fetch the paper for daddy in the am and brings me my pillow every nite when I settle down..The way I taught her to fetch the paper was to continue a inside game we had been playing..I had taken a towel and hid it in parts of the house(originally it had a toy hidden in it so she had to discern toy from towel)--taught her to stay, wait and then go find..For the paper, I took same towel and wrapped it around the paper and threw it out into the drive for her to fetch--which she learned in about 5 minutes ..I know I am no trainer, but this was fun for us and dad really likes her getting the paper for him..Please keep in mind she is a companion dog...My expectations are in relation to that..Blessings to all. Jan __________________ Sibi- Zoe

12-04-2011, 09:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cassidy's Mom No Stinkin' Leashes Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 24,959	I've never taught anything like that, but to me it sounds like the perfect situation for backchaining - teaching the end of the behavior first. So I'd start with teaching her to "take" and "give" things to you, (use whatever commands you want) then I'd work with her by the laundry basket or a garbage can so that when she drops whatever she has, it goes in. Work on that for awhile, marking and rewarding her for dropping something into a variety of different things to generalize the behavior, and then gradually move further away, starting with just a step or two, so she has to actually go to the basket to drop something in it. You can name the various places to drop stuff so that you can send her from a distance and she'll be able to discriminate between them. __________________ -Debbie- Dena 9/12/04-10/4/08 Forever would have been too short Keefer 8/25/05 Halo 11/9/08 Cassidy 6/8/00-10/4/04

12-05-2011, 07:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
LissG Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Posts: 323	thanks guys!! __________________ add Wolf on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...00002684629115 Wolf 7/9/11 you picked me

12-05-2011, 08:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lilie Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South Texas Posts: 6,289	I taught Hondo to put his toys back in the toy basket, by using 'drop it'. It didn't quite work the way I wanted it to though, he would put a toy back in the basket, but he'd pull another one out. Good example of 'self rewarding'. __________________ Hondo Von Dopplet L Bauernhof "Hondo"- GSD Lilie's Tug McGraw "Tug" - Golden Retriever Maggie - Mini Dachshund (Rescue) Lonestar - Texas Blue Lacy Funyon, Ashe, Soot - Barn Cats Scooter /1/2 Arabian, Shadow, Katie / APHA

12-06-2011, 10:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
LissG Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Posts: 323	hhahahahaha that's cute __________________ add Wolf on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...00002684629115 Wolf 7/9/11 you picked me

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