Learning to Wait – Controlling Hunting-Motivated Dogs Around Game

The hunt for desired behavior is on! With our diverse reward potpourri and marker signals, we achieve behavioral responses related to waiting in a variety of furry and feathered situations. Waiting is such an important training component because unwanted hunting behavior doesn't even begin; it's interrupted early and doesn't lead to reinforcement in a "wild" environment. From inconspicuous beginnings, we shape impressive waiting and follow the credo: waiting beyond expectations. In their dog world, hunting-motivated dogs constantly expect needs to be satisfied; they know exactly that "wild" triggers and their harbingers are a guarantee for rewards. Our training goal is to reverse these expectations; the human world should also rejoice with needs satisfied and produce a dog that waits for us in anticipation of appropriate rewards: What is worthwhile is also learned!

Anja Fiedler explains,

• why waiting is so important in training for unwanted hunting behavior,
• the versatility of waiting,
• how humans learn to capture, shape, and trigger waiting,
• how humans cleverly provide appropriate rewards to the dog to develop diverse waiting skills,
• how waiting is trained with "wild" triggers and what additional tools can support the waiting dog,
• how waiting at islands structures walks, and
• how waiting at barriers protects territories.

Webinar Trilogy

Controlling dogs around wildlife is not only the pinnacle of training, it's also a difficult and complex training endeavor, as clearly demonstrated in the webinar "Stopping and Recalling Hunting-Motivated Dogs: Hunting Behavior in Hand." With this theoretical background, we have divided the central aspects of training into three parts and now want to illuminate their practical implementation: rewarding, waiting, and interrupting only work together!

Note: All three webinars can be used individually. Depending on your own training and knowledge level, however, it is recommended to attend all three webinars. A comprehensive explanation of the theory, which is the basis for Anja Fiedler's training, can be found in the webinar "Stopping and Recalling Hunting-Motivated Dogs: Hunting Behavior in Hand" Link to the webinar

The two other webinars:
"Rewarding Appropriately – Controlling Hunting-Motivated Dogs Around Wildlife" Link to the webinar
"Learning to Interrupt – Controlling Hunting-Motivated Dogs Around Wildlife" Link to the webinar

The Speaker
Anja Fiedler is the head of the dog school "dogable – what (hunting) dogs want." With her diverse seminar program, she travels throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
More about the speaker: http://www.dogable.de/node/5

Photo Credit: Anna Auerbach/ Kosmos