Saying “sit” as a cue/command for the dog to sit down and then marking that behavior with a conditioned reinforcer by saying “good sit” can be confusing to a dog. If you think about it, we want to condition the dog so when they hear the sound “sit” it means to put butt on the ground. If we use a conditioned reinforcer such as “good sit” to positively reinforce a job well done, the dog is hearing “sit” in both the cue/command and the conditioned reinforcer. A conditioned reinforcer is a stimulus
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Saying “sit” as a cue/command for the dog to sit down and then marking that behavior with a conditioned reinforcer by saying “good sit” can be confusing to a dog. If you think about it, we want to condition the dog so when they hear the sound “sit” it means to put butt on the ground. If we use a conditioned reinforcer such as “good sit” to positively reinforce a job well done, the dog is hearing “sit” in both the cue/command and the conditioned reinforcer. A conditioned reinforcer is a stimulus
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