Morgan has been doing very well with his training... aside from one thing.
He always interrupts our training sessions by looking down and checking the ground/floor for dropped treats.
I will admit, that I am completely at fault for this because I'm a clutz. A lot of our early training sessions involved me dropping treats all over the place. I always tried to exercise "leave it" when that would happen, but it seems that it wasn't enough to discourage this habit.
Now, I am much better coordinated with him during training. I've figured it out so that I don't drop treats hardly at all anymore. But after any reward part of training, Morgan will immediately look down and check the ground for more... almost every time. It stalls our progress, and is really annoying.
We have gone back and revisited the "look at me" focusing game, and he is very good at it. We have practiced some controlled "leave it" situations, and he is very good with those, too. I have started doing more training indoors (he tends to do this more if we are outside). But if we move on to work on something else, he is looking at the ground again.
What else can I do to remind him that he needs to focus on me, and that the ground/floor will never be as rewarding as I am?
If you need more details about my training, please ask and I will fill you in. I just don't know what factors I need to include to get help!
Thank you!
He always interrupts our training sessions by looking down and checking the ground/floor for dropped treats.
I will admit, that I am completely at fault for this because I'm a clutz. A lot of our early training sessions involved me dropping treats all over the place. I always tried to exercise "leave it" when that would happen, but it seems that it wasn't enough to discourage this habit.
Now, I am much better coordinated with him during training. I've figured it out so that I don't drop treats hardly at all anymore. But after any reward part of training, Morgan will immediately look down and check the ground for more... almost every time. It stalls our progress, and is really annoying.
We have gone back and revisited the "look at me" focusing game, and he is very good at it. We have practiced some controlled "leave it" situations, and he is very good with those, too. I have started doing more training indoors (he tends to do this more if we are outside). But if we move on to work on something else, he is looking at the ground again.
What else can I do to remind him that he needs to focus on me, and that the ground/floor will never be as rewarding as I am?
If you need more details about my training, please ask and I will fill you in. I just don't know what factors I need to include to get help!
Thank you!