When should I make the transition from one requirement to the next?

[jacensolo]

So I decided to teach jack to put socks in the sock basket (I will add clothes later) and I just started to teach him today in one session to bite the sock. I was surprised that after about 5 times he did it 9/10 times. I stopped counting after that but he it every time I told him. Should I do 1 or 2 more sessions like this, or should I move on to holding the sock in his mouth?

After that, how would I teach him to drop it in the basket and not anywhere on the floor? I am guessing by putting the basket under him, and if it doesn't land in the basket he won't get a click. Will he be able to make that association?

Again, thanks for all the help .

 

[Dekka]

move fairly quickly, or you can get 'stuck'. I would get a good hold going. Then have him move to the the basket (so the basket becomes salient) then say drop. So you could teach him to run over to the basket (target the basket with a foot) seperately. Then when you have the hold, cue the basket, then cue drop. Then after that is going well, only click the successful attempts.

 

[cinnamon]

I've been trying to train my dog to put her toys in a basket. I would sit on the floor with the basket near me and kept telling her "in the basket".
At first I would move the basket closer to her so the toy fell in.
Then "click" and treat.
It didn't take her long to catch on that she got a treat when the toy fell in the basket. She still won't put them all in, but we are still learning.

 

[Dekka]

I don't say anything until after they are performing it. That way I can't poison the cue, or teach the dog what I am saying is irrelivant. But then I have dogs who notice what is salient and what isn't (so if I said a cue 10 times and it meant nothing, they will have decided those sounds mean nothing, and have a harder time linking them to the behaviour. If I have the dog dropping the toy in the basket 9 times out of 10, then I add the cue, they connect the 2 really fast.)