For those who have taught dogs to deliver objects to hand, I'm just wondering how well/how much accuracy you get? And if you have a high rate of accuracy, how long did it take?
I'm pretty certain that Frodo realizes that he only gets rewarded when the ball actually lands in my hand, but he isn't very accurate about actually getting the ball into my hand. It's like he gets close and drops it, he heads directly for my hand so I think he realizes that's where he gets rewarded, but he has no certain method of knowing where my hand is. Does that make any sense?
Right now I'd say it lands in my hand about half of the time, and I only reward when it lands in my hand, but there has been no increase in accuracy over time.
Any ideas on how to help us figure this out?
I've tried convincing him to keep holding onto it until I can just take it out of his mouth, but he doesn't like that idea at all.
I also realize that it's probably super hard for him to figure out where my hand is since my hand is lower than his line of sight, but if I put my hand up to his line of sight (above his head) he doesn't attempt to get the ball up to it, he just gets as close to my hand as possible, and then drops it.
I'm pretty certain that Frodo realizes that he only gets rewarded when the ball actually lands in my hand, but he isn't very accurate about actually getting the ball into my hand. It's like he gets close and drops it, he heads directly for my hand so I think he realizes that's where he gets rewarded, but he has no certain method of knowing where my hand is. Does that make any sense?
Right now I'd say it lands in my hand about half of the time, and I only reward when it lands in my hand, but there has been no increase in accuracy over time.
Any ideas on how to help us figure this out?
I've tried convincing him to keep holding onto it until I can just take it out of his mouth, but he doesn't like that idea at all.
I also realize that it's probably super hard for him to figure out where my hand is since my hand is lower than his line of sight, but if I put my hand up to his line of sight (above his head) he doesn't attempt to get the ball up to it, he just gets as close to my hand as possible, and then drops it.