Training Exercises

A typical morning for Fido

8:00am	Fido is called in from the garden. Comes immediately. Gets his breakfast. Allowed back out again.
8:15am	Fido is called in from the garden. Comes immediately. Gets a toast crust. Allowed back out again.
8:45am	Fido is called in from the garden. Stops for a sniff & a pee on the way. Gets a pat on the head. Allowed back out again.
9:15am	Fido is called in from the garden. Comes immediately. Is taken for a walk.
9:30am	Fido is off lead at the park. 10 feet from owner. Nothing else in sight. Does a perfect recall when asked. Gets a big cuddle.
9:35am	Another dog & owner appear on the horizon. Fido is called. Comes with just a seconds hesitation. Gets a piece of dog kibble. Does a sit & wait. Gets another piece of dog kibble & a cat biscuit and is then released to go play with the other dog. (Having first established that the other owner is agreeable).
9:45am	Time to move on. Fido is called. Looks up briefly, then continues to play with Fifi. Fido's owner takes from her pocket a piece of cheese. Walks up to the dogs, shows it to Fido and gives it to Fifi.
9:46am	Fido is called again. Comes like a shot and gets a piece of liver and is allowed back to play again.
9:50am	Fido is called. Responds slowly but does return. Gets a pat on the head & a piece of dog kibble.
9:55am	On turning a corner, a group of 4 or 5 dogs are playing together. Before the owner is aware of them Fido has already joined them. He is not called.
10:00am	All the other dog owners are experiencing varying degrees of failure in getting their dogs to follow them. Fido's owner gets his attention (and all the other dogs!) by taking a piece of sausage from her pocket and luring him out of the group. He is now happy to follow his owner, who seems to have acquired a few more dogs. He is rewarded with a few pieces of cheese for sitting quietly on his lead whilst the other dogs are collected by their owners.
10:05am	Fido is let off lead again. Does a perfect recall just before a jogger passes and is rewarded with a game with his tennis ball.

SO - In 2 hours Fido has had ten food rewards, approx. weight ½oz. He has also been rewarded with fuss & cuddles, play with other dogs, being allowed to return to what he was doing, a game with the ball & being taken for a walk. He has also experienced the loss of a reward (the one that Fifi got!).