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Post by amyjo on Jul 26, 2004 12:44:45 GMT -5
Those of you who have taught this...are you having the dog flip the switch with the nose or paw? I have seen it both ways...but it seems it would be hard for the dog to flip the switch on with his paw.... I am working on the "nose" version.
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Post by Brooke on Jul 26, 2004 19:07:24 GMT -5
You know... I was wondering the same thing a few days ago. I'd be afraid of what the wall would look like using the paw....but I can't see a dog turning the light off with it's nose. It seems like it would be too hard to reach...
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Post by Aussienot on Jul 27, 2004 14:16:53 GMT -5
The easiest is which ever is more natural to the dog. Finn is more naturally a nose toucher, Sailor is more of a foot girl.
The nose touch usually has more finesse and power; the foot touch takes more physical coordination and a greater degree of pressure sensitivity.
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Post by sibemom on Jul 28, 2004 4:33:36 GMT -5
Blade turns them on and off with his paw. When I first was teaching this he just used his paw and I never really gave it a thought. The wall has survived ;D I think as Aussie said it depends on the dog and which way they start doing it. The golden I was working with also uses her paw. I would think depending on the size of the dog and the position of the switch using their nose might be hard for a large dog.
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Post by Iluvmypup on Aug 6, 2004 15:06:04 GMT -5
The place where I train service dogs requires that the dogs use their nose...not ENTIRELY certain what the reason is for that. But in the long run, I've found the nose to work better then the paw. It can be a bit more tricky to teach (some dogs longer then others), it took one dog just 1 week to learn it while the other one took 4 months. Anyways, its always easier to start off with post-it notes, in my opinion, by just placing it on a closed cupboard door, or the regular house door. Thats where the clicker comes in handy. ;D I've never tried the paw with my dogs, but maybe I'll experiment with one of them.
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Post by ripley on Aug 6, 2004 18:01:15 GMT -5
LOL, I can't be much help here.. Ripley would have to have special light switches 8 inches from the ground to effectively learn that. I did start teaching my chow mix how to turn the lights on and off, just using a piece of cardboard around the outlet. I taught her to turn it off with her paws, because she was too short to reach it with her nose.
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Post by amyjo on Aug 6, 2004 19:19:07 GMT -5
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Post by sibemom on Aug 6, 2004 19:22:07 GMT -5
That is a great item for smaller dogs You would be surprised at the number of small dogs doing service work. With a few modifications they can excell at this
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Post by Iluvmypup on Aug 6, 2004 19:24:51 GMT -5
I agree...you see all kinds of 'lap top dogs' (thats what they little dogs are fondly called around here ) doing service work. They also have those 'push-it' lights, where you can place it at any height, they're usually used in hallways or cellar stairs. Little dogs can push those with no problem.
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Post by ripley on Aug 8, 2004 21:08:31 GMT -5
That's so cool! Another thing to add to my training wish-list. I've got loads of "push it" lights... They could work too.
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Post by amyjo on Aug 10, 2004 11:21:40 GMT -5
Well - this was going along okay but her performance was pretty hit or miss soooo I remembered that article Linda posted about how dogs see the world and I put a piece of blue painters tape on the toggle. It has made all the difference in the world and now she is nailing it every time!
Now we have to work on "lights on!"
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Post by sibemom on Aug 10, 2004 18:20:09 GMT -5
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