Recall
Level 4: Fluency at a Distance
and with Distractions

You will learn:

• Shaping​​
• Cueing
  
• Reinforcement
  

Your dog will learn:

• Targeting​
• Give attention
  
• Respond to a cue
  

The goal of this exercise is to continue developing fluency of the hand-target cue by alternating
​the level of distractions and your distance from the dog when giving the hand-target cue.

uses for this behavior

• Focus from a distance
  
• Retrieve
  

tips for success

• Increase distance OR level of distraction, but not both simultaneously

Make it a game!

• Practice left and right touches, back and forth, and varying the number of touches before the click and treat.
  
• Practice outdoors in areas of increasingly higher distractions.
  
• Continue to work with a partner, with each calling the dog to touch, back and forth, with increasing distractions and distance​

Training Steps:

Step 1:
Set up the training area with an appropriate level of distractions.

Click Points

• Nose touch to hand

Tag Points

• Target hand still
  
• Treat to dog's mouth

Step 2:
Give the hand-target cue. Click and treat correct responses.

Click Points

• ​Nose touch to hand

Tag Points

• ​Toss treat to the side
  

Step 3:
When the dog is reliably responding in the presence of distractions, slowly increase the distance between you and the dog. Click and treat all correct responses to the hand-target cue.

Click Points

• Nose touch to hand

Tag Points

• Get dog’s attention before giving the touch cue

Step 4:
Alternate between increasing distractions and increasing distance within the dog's ability to retain focus.

Click Points

• Nose touch to hand

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