04/24/2026
Tucker had another great evening training session. I’m loving his brain.
His mom has done an amazing job with all his foundational skills. He came with a general understanding of sit, down, place & here. So HUGE kudos to her! Now we just keep building on everything she’s already taught.
Marker words I am using:
“Good” - not done, keep doing it, if there is a food reward it comes to you.
“Yes” - you did it!, you come get the food reward
“Free” - task completed, freedom is your reward. Often times we just go back to working but in theory he could run amuck if he wanted.
I reintroduced “place” with free shaping, just brought the board out and waited for him to engage with it, then waited for him to offer a sit - now that’s the requirement 90% of the time before food. Towards the end of tonight’s session was the first time I added the word.
He is wearing the ecollar tonight, but for this session it wasn’t used at all.
I’ll post a couple videos from yesterday in the comments 💕