Carly Log 1: Generalizing Recall
For background see Carly’s Super-Generalizing Recall Training.
After a week or so of outings (on-leash) to public places for socializing, we took a trip to the beach yesterday.
Set-up: Her weight was 451 (at lib is 460). It was early afternoon, a little past when she normally gets her first meal, so she was due for that. There were more people than I expected on a foggy winter day, but it was a holiday. So we had a few distractions, including people approaching us which is always risky. We used super-treats for everything (butter toffee peanuts).
Behavior: Recall was very tight. But she did a lot of small to medium size flies, out and looping directly back in. This weight/meal timing is more than sufficient. I had to run alongside and encourage her to take some of the longer flights. I brought along a jackpot for the last flight of the day, walking back in (peanut butter ritz bits). We also did a few A-B recalls to someone we met at the beach, and it did not distract her from further flying as it sometimes has in the past. I’ll probably keep this weight and set up for a few sessions or more.
Other notes:
One thing I used to do at the beach that I’ve started up again is having Carly fly to someone she’s interested in, then call her back to me for a favorite treat, repeat… (I’ve seen her do this for over half an hour before!) That way she gets the socializing and also is reinforced for coming back. We did this a bit yesterday. It worked fine and she didn’t become obsessed and try to keep flying back when we moved on.
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