Recall
Level 3: Increase Distance

You will learn:

• Shaping​
• Cueing
  
• ​Reinforcement
  

Your dog will learn:

• Targeting​
• Give attention
  
• Respond to a cue
  

The goal of this exercise is to gradually increase the distance
​from which the dog will respond to the hand-target cue.

uses for this behavior

• Recall Level 4
  
• Focus from a distance
  
• Retrieve
  

tips for success

• Two people can work with one dog, taking turns saying the dog’s name and cueing the hand touch

Make it a game!

• Say the dog’s name and give the hand-touch cue when you are in another room
  
• Continue practicing the round-robin recall, where two or three people take turns calling the dog from a gradually increasing distance.

Training Steps:

Step 1:
Stand side-by-side with your partner with the dog in front of you. One person begins by giving the hand-target cue; click and treat. Then the other person cues, clicks and treats.

Click Points

• ​Nose touch to hand

Tag Points

• ​Target hand still
• Treat to dog's mouth

Step 2:
When the dog is reliably responding, partners then move two or three steps apart and face each other. Take turns cueing the dog.

Click Points

• Nose touch to hand

Tag Points

• Drop treat to reset

Step 3:
Move additional steps apart, one at a time, taking turns cueing the dog. Occasionally step closer together again and do two or three turns.

Click Points

• Nose touch to hand

Tag Points

• Vary the distance

Step 4:
Continue practicing, slowly increasing distance. Include easy distances as well as harder ones.

Click Points

• Nose touch to hand

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