Teaching a dog to make eye contact is extremely useful with a variety of applications. It is a good habit to encourage especially in puppies who often have the tendency to be rambunctious, particularly in the presence of delicious food/treats. Use this exercise to help build their focus & attention while demonstrating that rewards in their environment are unlocked through you. Ideally, we should always establish eye contact before giving them any obedience cue.
This is also a great exercise for anybody that is new to clicker training. It can be a little challenging at first to time your clicks and deliver the food rewards perfectly, so this is a good place to start and develop your skill.
Be sure to repeat each step outlined in this video several times before raising the criteria and moving on to the next one. Some dogs are more persistent and require extra patience before they start to offer eye contact. This is where clicker training is awesome because it allows us to mark the exact millisecond when the desired behavior happens thus making it very easy for the dog to understand & learn. Always use high-value food rewards & always reward after each click so that it does not lose value.
Finally, food rewards should be understood as a stepping stone to teaching something. This means that eventually, there is no need to reward your dog with food every time as they learn to offer the behavior by default.
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Tags: amazing, attention, clicker, contact, cue, Dog, eye, food, german, how, marker, obedience, positive, reinforcement, reward, shepherd, teach, to, train, training, treat
good idea!!!!
good idea!!!!
Why does your …
Why does your closing music make me want to do a slow cabbage patch?
What if your dog …
What if your dog makes eye contact but whines or barks because she knows a treat is coming and she wants it but she still is making eye contact while the whine or bark
whats the point of …
whats the point of a clicker ?
Use a pen
Use a pen
i thought that when …
i thought that when you look at a dog in the eye and it starts to follow your every move that usually means that your trying to challenge it to defend its self leading to agressive action
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Im in rally traning and breeding… I love your videos! makes things much easier than paying some one! Thank you so much! I usualy share your link on FB with my dog world connection!
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I love your videos …
I love your videos will u watch mine and give me some tips about my dog
very good video …
very good video btw!helps a lot!!!
how many times …
how many times should each part being repeated?
In the next training session you start all over from the begining?
omg thanks for …
When a dog is around, my dog is staying when I say sit, and when I say go to him, he goes to the dog and hes doing nothing to it :O
omg thanks for everything! I respect you, my dog has really good knowledge
Hello Tab, question …
Hello Tab, question. How long should it take before constant eye constant to start happening?
i have a question …
i have a question plz, is this training avaible for Sloughi breed? and whats their favorite food? hope to hear from a pro soon
My dog RUNS at any …
My dog RUNS at any chance he gets to go outside without and leash and does not respond or come to me when i call his name. Hopefully with this video he’ll learn to stop barking at dogs and look at me when i do call out his name
what my dog he. i …
what my dog he. i did what you did but my dog he knew i had to treats so he ate my feet owowow! MY FEET!
I have two dogs …
I have two dogs from the same litter, who spend most of their time together. When I give a command to both of them (usually “sit”), if one does it and the other doesn’t, I say “good sit Max/Sunny!” But lately, one of them rarely sits the first time I command, and only sits when I say her name in a warning tone. I’m wondering if using their names to differentiate who did well is causing them to associate the name with the command, and if so, how to fix it.
can these be used …
can these be used to a puppy?
i always notice …
i always notice that when people train dogs they tend to use treats for memorizing good behavior. but what want to know is what kind of treats can u give ur dog without having to worry about them gaining weight considering it takes several treats for them to memorize commands. so what kind of treats do u reccomend? and i was planning on getting a german shepherd as well.
A couple of …
A couple of questions:
If I used a clicker – Around what age would I introduce it to my puppy?
If I use the cue to look at me as their name – then will the other members of my family dissapoint the dog when they call his name and he does said action with no reward repeatedly?
Excellent …
Excellent explanations!!! Thank you so much for your time and effort putting these videos together. Best Wishes, take care.
sooner the better
sooner the better
I think I’m the …
I think I’m the only that watches these cos Tab is cute as a button
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Petco, tractor supply, menards, Walmart and Petsmart – as far as local shops go in our area
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petco is selling it for $1.5