Mmmkay, so my power cord on my Mac went dead, so I only have teh interwebz/computer for a few minutes a day on my little sister's ancient desktop. Anywhoo I decided to use all this free time (I am addicted to my computer) to work on free shaping with Frodo.
But I have a problem, the same problem that always prevents me from ever getting into really free shaping anything beyond basics with him. He doesn't advance and offer new behaviors.
For example, I am working on the beginning step of free shaping a pivot to heel, the part where he puts his front feet on the book. Okay, sounds easy. He offers nose touches (started with just looking, then advancing, then lying next to, now the nose touches), and knows that it will get him rewarded, so I need to stop rewarding for nose touches and only reward a new/more "right" behavior. But he isn't offering me any! He just gives me those same behaviors, not any new ones. If I don't reward him at all and try to wait him out he will just walk away and decide training is done. But if I continue to reward things like nose touches and lying down, then we aren't going to progress.
I know I could lure him onto it, but I would really like to be able to do something completely free shaped or I know I am going to give in and end up using luring/other means for the whole trick.
Help por favor?
TIA
But I have a problem, the same problem that always prevents me from ever getting into really free shaping anything beyond basics with him. He doesn't advance and offer new behaviors.
For example, I am working on the beginning step of free shaping a pivot to heel, the part where he puts his front feet on the book. Okay, sounds easy. He offers nose touches (started with just looking, then advancing, then lying next to, now the nose touches), and knows that it will get him rewarded, so I need to stop rewarding for nose touches and only reward a new/more "right" behavior. But he isn't offering me any! He just gives me those same behaviors, not any new ones. If I don't reward him at all and try to wait him out he will just walk away and decide training is done. But if I continue to reward things like nose touches and lying down, then we aren't going to progress.
I know I could lure him onto it, but I would really like to be able to do something completely free shaped or I know I am going to give in and end up using luring/other means for the whole trick.
Help por favor?
TIA