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Whistle recall. Starts by having a whistle, and 10 pea-sized food rewards. Blow the whistle softly with two sharp blows Tweet Tweet and give your dog one piece of food. Repeat the sequence of blowing the whistle Tweet Tweet and giving one piece of food each time, until all pieces of food have been given. This will Load the whistle; generating an association of the food reinforcer and the blow of the whistle. To begin to start teaching whistle recall, get your dogs at...tention and blow the whistle while backing up a few steps, to motivate them to come towards you. When they get to you reinforce the completion of this new behavior with a verbal marker (or click) Yes and reinforce with another food reward. After enjoying this new and wonderful game of coming to you when they hear the whistle and being reinforced and rewarded for doing so, while slowly increasing distances, distractions, and durations intermittently and ensuring the individual’s success, and being motivated to continue learning. Keep it fun...! The next step would be when your dog is doing their own thing, gathering information from their environment, or in another room in your home, when you are prepared with a reinforcer to celebrate the success of them coming to you when you blow the whistle Tweet Tweet, and when they get to you, mark that with a Yes and reinforce with a jackpot of food rewards. Whistle recall is something I personally choose to always reinforce with something each individual enjoys, for life. Always move at the individual’s own pace of learning for success and celebrate the wins. Recall should always be fun for your dog to come running to you. The whistle being used in this video is the Acme 212 See more

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