How to add a verbal cue – clicker dog training tutorial
hey youtube this is my dog training tip
of the day for today it’s how to add a
verbal cue to a behavior that you’ve
taught with a hand signal the other day
I showed you guys how you can teach your
dog to spin using a hand signal so if
you wanted to add a verbal cue so that
you could do some flashing canine
freestyle where you’re walking and then
you cure doc to spin without it looking
like you even told your dog to spin it
can look really snazzy so this is how to
add a verbal cue are you ready keko keko
already knows a verbal cue for spin to
the left and the right so let’s make one
up Obama means spin to the right so here
goes first you repeat the behavior over
and over so the dog is can pretty much
predict what’s going to come next you’re
going to ask the dog to continue during
the behavior that you’re asking before
dogs are smart so here goes I’m going to
ask her to clear in that direction turn
in that direction okey go did you
scratch ready good girl and now I’m
going to add my new cue just before I do
the hand signal I’m not going to do them
at the same time I’m going to do the
verbal cue and then a hand signal so I’m
going to say Obama and then cue her to
spin
step one give the hand signal five to
ten times to help the dog predict what
you’re going to ask next step to save
the verbal cue before you move a muscle
to do the visual cue step 3 put time
between your new verbal cue and your
visual cue wait the dog out and see if
they will offer the behavior without the
secondary cue of the hand signal Obama
good girl
Obama good girl Obama
please Obama good girl
Obama girl ready he go yes
ready Obama good girl Obama he go hey
Eddie Obama good girl
Obama good girl
Obama thanks Obama
good job as you can see Keiko did not
know what I wanted at one point and
offered another behavior besides the
spin instead of telling her she was
wrong I made a kissy noise and asked her
to touch my hand to reset her if she had
continued to guess incorrectly I would
go back a step and give her the spin
hand signal again after saying the
verbal cue the more you play this game
the faster dog will be at picking up new
cues Keiko now knows after a few minutes
that Obama is the new word for spin dogs
are so smart Obama yes Jeff Obama good
girl Obama good girl Obama good girl
and John breadcrumbs not the best treat
to use their two crummy
