Something happened today to make me question this more heavily.
As some of you know, I recently began clicker training Charlie. Conditioning really, to get him to stop bouncing uncontrollably and be more focused.
Anyway, I was working with him a little while ago outside. Whenever I walk up to the gate he jumps uncontrollably and smears mud on everything. So, I was clicking for him having four feet on the ground, standing calmly, sitting. He started doing really good.
Strider was in the smaller fenced section of paddock. He saw me working with Charlie, feeding him treats, and started going ballistic. He stared intently for several minutes, then jumped the fence into Charlie's half and ran up to the gate where we were working. He then proceeded to run through the whole string of behaviors I had been rewarding Charlie for doing. :rofl1: So I had to give him treats.
Now, the other odd thing is I never worked with Strider using a clicker. He's never had one "charged up" or anything. But, since watching that session with Charlie he's been acting completely conditioned to a clicker. Did he just figure out from watching that click = treat?
What behaviors have your dogs learned by copying/observation?
As some of you know, I recently began clicker training Charlie. Conditioning really, to get him to stop bouncing uncontrollably and be more focused.
Anyway, I was working with him a little while ago outside. Whenever I walk up to the gate he jumps uncontrollably and smears mud on everything. So, I was clicking for him having four feet on the ground, standing calmly, sitting. He started doing really good.
Strider was in the smaller fenced section of paddock. He saw me working with Charlie, feeding him treats, and started going ballistic. He stared intently for several minutes, then jumped the fence into Charlie's half and ran up to the gate where we were working. He then proceeded to run through the whole string of behaviors I had been rewarding Charlie for doing. :rofl1: So I had to give him treats.
Now, the other odd thing is I never worked with Strider using a clicker. He's never had one "charged up" or anything. But, since watching that session with Charlie he's been acting completely conditioned to a clicker. Did he just figure out from watching that click = treat?
What behaviors have your dogs learned by copying/observation?