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Old August 18th, 2008, 09:25 AM
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If your afraid she will start to only do it for the treats , start to use Variable Reinforcement (VR). When she is first learning treat and praise every time, give her a good pat or a scratch behind the ears. Then after she has stopped and you know she will stop everytime ( even if she is only stopping because she knows she is getting a treaT) thats when you can start VR. VR is when you start not treating every time, but you do continue to praise and pat. To start using VR start out by only treating her every other time you have to correct her. the once every three times and so on. This will eliminate her thinking that she will get a treat everytime, but she will continue to do it because she never knows when she is getting a treat, plus she gets your approval every time she stop, which is something that she is looking for. I hope tihs makes sense...
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