The idea is that I don't ask him to look at me, he instinctively does it when he sees another dog.
I can see the advantages to this; if you haven't seen another dog, for instance, Billy will look at you anyway - how transferable would it be ?
that would never happen at the moment, I'm like air traffic control, always scanning the area, I spot other dogs well before Billy does. He's usually got his nose the the floor half the time, sometimes a dog can walk very closeby & he doesn't even notice
I wonder what would happen if Billy was being handled by someone else and encountered a dog; would the "I must look at mum when I see a dog" thought process transfer to another handler as sucessfully as a verbal command such as "watch" ?
I would have thought so yes, as hopefully its the "dog" that triggers the treat as opposed to "mum". Although I could be wrong, just don't know .
I could use the "watch" command when he sees a dog, but wouldn't he then associate the command "watch" with the treat as opposed to the dog???
We've not yet got to the stage where he looks at me when he sees a dog yet though, despite having been doing this for 4 mths!
that's why i wanted to use the clicker to jiggy it along a bit
