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ClaireS	Jun 5 2007, 11:58 AM
Moderator Posts: 10,449 Group: Moderators Member #113 Joined: September 8, 2005	It wasn't that hard to do Pam because he's such a greedy guts :rolleyes: 1. Walking along show dog you have a treat in your hand then hold it up by your chest (as if you're trying to stop an imaginary button hole flower from falling out!). When dog has taken a few paces with his eyes on the treat give it to him with lots of praise (Or click and reward if clicker training). Don't treat if dog is bouncing for the treat! Repeat again and again.... then: 2. Next time you hold the treat up start saying 'watch me' - the second his head turns and his eyes look up at you click or say 'good' and reward. 3. Start to lengthen the time between click and reward or 'good' and reward. 4. Try the command without a treat, just a finger held up against your chest. Click / 'good' & Reward for following the command. I tend to give the voice command at the same time as making the hand signal; you could try doing one without the other but I think they work well together especially for road walking. That way the person coming at me with their dog can see I'm giving my dog a command - hopefully if they are considerate people they will keep theirs under control :whistle: These days Archie will look at me straight away if there is nothing going on, if there are other dogs about he'll have a look around first to make sure he's not going to miss out on a shouting match :rolleyes: For WTTT the next challenge might be to perfect a 'watch me' with just voice command alone if its going to be used in the ring?


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