Question on capturing

[Shalista]

So bax knows his "sit' VERY well and if a treat is ever presented he immediately drops his butt to the floor. the problem is that often the treat wasn't PRESENTED for a 'sit' i was rewarding something else entirely.

Does he KNOW he's getting the treat for something else or am i just endlessly reinforcing 'sit'?

[Erica]

If you're using a marker word or click, he should be able to pick up on it being a reward for the desired behavior! If you wanted to stop this sit-for-treat default behavior, whenever you're trying to capture a behavior, I'd toss the treat. Not far, just a foot or so, so he has to walk over to it. Do this enough and he should anticipate the tossed treat and stay standing so he can get there faster. If you're looking to reward, for example, a down, I'd only feed while he's in the down position, though.

Does that make sense or am I talking gobbledygook?

[Shalista]

hmmm i may have stepped away to much on my marker and just skipped strait to the treating. thank for the reminder!