Thread: Gun shy

Hey jord, I made a short vid for you today of some CC I did with my (pet, non-hunting) dog. The principles are the same.

Quick run down: my dog is fearful of the vacuum cleaner. When it's on, he shys away, then reacts with lunging and barking. I ensure that he isn't around when the vacuum is on (he's outside, or in the car, in another room with music or TV on.)

This session: I am marking and rewarding (possum meat, this is a high value reward for my dog) any movement towards the vacuum 'wand'. I slowly increase the criteria during this session. You might need to work slower, it's all good. This is probably the 10th session for us - we started with marking and rewarding just looks at the vacuum. In this session I add both movement of the vacuum wand and also my body posture changes.

I'm not perfect, in fact far from it! Just trying to illustrate to you some CC techniques, showing you how far we have to start from the final product.

Enjoy, I hope it helps.

CC1 of Vacuum - YouTube