Some of the pack have learnt new commands, some have learnt to stop doing unwanted activities! The awards are just for fun and to enable you all to know how much improvement has been made and by whom.
The dogs get their prizes for their correct reactions to my commands at the time, immediate reward enables them to associate the “prize” (food treat) with the instruction and their action, essential to condition the dog to repeat a new behaviour. If they stop doing something and substitute a wanted action they too receive a reward for the substituted behaviour. The technique used is known as "positive reinforcement" - adding something they like to reinforce the behaviour.
The Gold Award goes to Alfie, Yes I did say Alfie the English Setter, a remarkable achievement for him as he’s not the most likely recipient within the pack! The award is for “Recall” - every walk he has returned to me within an acceptable time frame…quite simply amazing and never been achieved before!
The Silver Award goes to Max, he learnt a new word “Pull”, sounds strange but I wanted him to pull me, out in front of me when the wind was high and I was struggling to walk across the sand!
The Bronze Award goes to Peter, for learning to play ball with me and today he sat with me on the edge of the beach and calmly watched dogs go by.
Runners up are the Jack Russells, for synchronised recall on the beach...it may have been a coincidence!
Let's see who the pack champions are next week..........
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