Very interesting! Do you also have any videos showing you teaching the "hold my finger" or other bite inhibition ideas/tips? Always looking for reinforcment ideas!
@azmauigirl No other finger videos. We did it awhile ago and Lucy had a real aversion to touching me with teeth at all (except when taking treats and was excited-she bites hard!) . I think previous owner probably trained for her no teeth on people at all instead of bite inhibition. Using a spoon to put treats on helps with teaching either a lick or more gentle taking of treats helps abit but Lucy was quickly picking up and carrying spoon so didn't both her at all.
@eileenanddogs Yes, especially for those with fearful dogs. Jessie and Lucy have been together for a year and we have had Jessie for almost 4 years and we still see these stress signal when we interact with her at times.
Once they can do that, you can try alternating between them. For Jessie, the proximity if what is hard, so we started with them further apart and decreased the distance over time and many different behaviors.
LOL! That was just me being goofy. I was probably done and decided Jessie needed reinforcement for just staying calm too. That's a great idea for future videos. In a nutshell, train each dog separately until they understand how to be clicker trained. Then work them simultaneously rewarding one for just staying down while the other does a different task.
Very interesting! Do you also have any videos showing you teaching the "hold my finger" or other bite inhibition ideas/tips? Always looking for reinforcment ideas!
This is a very valuable video. More of us need to learn these calming signals. Thanks for sharing this and the helpful labels.
@azmauigirl No other finger videos. We did it awhile ago and Lucy had a real aversion to touching me with teeth at all (except when taking treats and was excited-she bites hard!) . I think previous owner probably trained for her no teeth on people at all instead of bite inhibition. Using a spoon to put treats on helps with teaching either a lick or more gentle taking of treats helps abit but Lucy was quickly picking up and carrying spoon so didn't both her at all.
@eileenanddogs Yes, especially for those with fearful dogs. Jessie and Lucy have been together for a year and we have had Jessie for almost 4 years and we still see these stress signal when we interact with her at times.
Once they can do that, you can try alternating between them. For Jessie, the proximity if what is hard, so we started with them further apart and decreased the distance over time and many different behaviors.
LOL! That was just me being goofy. I was probably done and decided Jessie needed reinforcement for just staying calm too. That's a great idea for future videos. In a nutshell, train each dog separately until they understand how to be clicker trained. Then work them simultaneously rewarding one for just staying down while the other does a different task.
Calming signals are complete nonsense and advocate keeping the owner
within a weak position. Don't buy into this permissive nonsense.