How to Fade Prompts and Lures

How to “fade” the prompts and lures you use to cue your dog’s behavior.
By Pat Miller, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA [Updated June 29, 2018]

 FADE TRAINING LURES: OVERVIEW
1. Examine your training routines with your dog to identify where you use prompts.

2. Determine which prompts you are using appropriately in the early stages of
 a new behavior, and which ones are candidates for fading.

3. Create a written training program for each prompt you’d like to fade. How will you go about it? What results do you expect?

4. Implement your prompt-fading programs. Keep a daily journal to monitor your progress. Celebrate each time the two of you succeed in fading your prompts from another behavior!   Read the entire article

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