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This journal contains a log of all of Harley's training sessions and
tests, along with entries written by the trainer. |
On The Road Test Log
Fine
No behaviors tested
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Training Session Log
GOAL FOR NEXT TIME: To do the same level 1 behaviors outside or in garage, depending on weather. Springtime in Alaska!
| Behavior | Level | Uncued Reps | Cued Reps | Cued Errors | Success Rate | Duration | Distance |
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Down
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1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Sit
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1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Target
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1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Zen
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1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 ft |
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Day 1: Starting over
I have come to the conclusion that I rushed the training when Harley came to live with us. She did "know" commands from her previous owner, but I feel the need to back-track in order to train calmness into her, and in order to train her to think. This is a brand-new log in order to reflect that I am completely starting over with her.
I am also using hand-motions, luring, and silence for now, something I didn’t learn from my Dad, who trained using traditional methods. I have also come to the conclusion that my 4-H dog-training ribbons were mainly because of my father’s training the dogs before I got to them, especially Epictetus. I found myself using the traditional no’s and leash jerks with Harley. This is another reason for my back-tracking to the beginning with Harley.
A last reason is because of my own inconsistency with her training. I’m vowing not to train for a couple of weeks, then take a break and be frustrated two weeks later when she "lost" her training. Duh, Voni!
She was able, today, to leave a hot dog bite on the floor a couple inches in front of her nose. Now if we could transfer that to the counter when we’re not there!
The last, most important thing I did today was to lure her down—no cue—but to stand up as soon as her nose touched my hand. Down had been a hand-eating exercise very painful to do with her, and she wouldn’t down unless she suspected a treat was in your hand. She gets it now. Only took about 5 nose-touch-no-treats for her to get the message. I also am very, very calm and deliberate in my down hand motion. We did have a pee-freak incident when she kept downing and not getting a treat because she ate my hand. I guess she was freaking, wondering what she was doing wrong? After the freak-out was over, she quit eating my hand and got a treat. Had to do the same thing with hand-eating on the sit command, too. She got it!
Proud of today’s work!
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