night alerting involves so many additional complexities:
-novel location
-Novel posture for the dog
-Novel posture for the person
-Need for escalation of alert due to probable delayed response
- need for dog to be reinforced by a potentially less exuberant response
- dark
- persistence to push past groggy, even irritable response
- need for scent to awaken the dog
-novel location
-Novel posture for the dog
-Novel posture for the person
-Need for escalation of alert due to probable delayed response
- need for dog to be reinforced by a potentially less exuberant response
- dark
- persistence to push past groggy, even irritable response
- need for scent to awaken the dog
Slice those pieces and train as many pieces separately as possible.
-Lay flat on floor in another room.
-Introduce scent to do when you are sitting but dog is laying
- practice introducing the scent in the earliest stages of the dog's relaxation and build toward deeper sleep periods
- practice in the bedroom room when you are awake and the dog is awake
- practice in the bedroom in the daytime with lights on. . . In the daytime with lights off
- practice when you lay on the sofa. . .
-Lay flat on floor in another room.
-Introduce scent to do when you are sitting but dog is laying
- practice introducing the scent in the earliest stages of the dog's relaxation and build toward deeper sleep periods
- practice in the bedroom room when you are awake and the dog is awake
- practice in the bedroom in the daytime with lights on. . . In the daytime with lights off
- practice when you lay on the sofa. . .
And keep logs of all your training. Review the dogs response.
The effort you put into planning and executing and reviewing training will be rewarded . . .
The effort you put into planning and executing and reviewing training will be rewarded . . .
Kiva, in my bedroom, in the daytime, with lights off, I'm awake but pretending to sleep, Kiva has just settled :
