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Instructions
General Advice
1. This game is a joint activity for dog and handler. Do not let your
dog play without supervision.
2. Place the game in a way that allows the dog to run around it
freely to find his optimal position in the game.
3. Choose a quiet atmosphere for the training. Train with only one
dog at a time.
4. Choose the optimal time to start the game. Do not start the
game directly after your dog has been fed, but rather 1 ½ hours
after the meal at the earliest.
5. To avoid overstraining your dog, train only in short units (max. 10
minutes), you could, however, train several times a day.
6. Always set small goals and do not expect too much of your dog.
This will provide you both with a lot of fun during the training.
7. At the beginning, help your dog with the task so that he stays
motivated. It is important that your dog is successful fairly
quickly so that he connects the game with something positive.
During the initial phase, you can give your dog a treat in between
- already for trying. Once your dog has understood that this is a
"food game", he will quickly enjoy trying it.
8. If your dog should happen not to solve a task, help him or go back
one step in the training. The dog should never be scolded or
punished.
9. To awaken your dog's interest, fill the game with treats in his
presence in the beginning. To increase the level of difficulty, you
can later do this when your dog is not present.
10. Always begin the game with a start signal (e.g. "play") and end it
with an end signal (e.g. "end") once your dog has succeeded in
getting out all the treats. When your dog has obeyed the signal
to stop the game, reward it with a final treat.
11. The training should always end with a success.
Important:
There is really no "wrong" or "right" in this game.
Each dog is an individual - just like us humans - and will find his
own approach. Let your dog decide if he wants to solve the task
with his snout or his paws. This might mean that you deviate
from the following instructions. The instructions are merely a
suggestion how to find an easy and feasible approach together
with your dog.
On principle it is important to note: Do not allow your dog to
carry the game away or to destroy it (as this is often a sign of
frustration and/or too much strain).
May you and your dog have lots of fun and be successful.
Training
Please carry out all the steps one after the other. Only raise the
level of difficulty when your dog can carry out the preceding
training phase without problems. Praise your dog after each
successful action.
Please note that the amount of treats ejected varies and occurs
randomly. Sometimes there are a lot of treats, sometimes only a
few. This keeps it exciting for the dog as from time to time there
is a jackpot (an extra large amount of treats). Please check
beforehand if the treats fit through the opening easily and adjust
it to the right size if necessary.
Make sure that the Memory Trainer 3.0 is always filled sufficiently
so that a treat falls out at every turn of the feed container.
The Training can start
1. At first practise with the release button only. Set one of the
acoustic signals for your dog. Always use the same acoustic
signal. This signal tells the dog ' You did this well!' If you have two
dogs, you can set a different signal for each dog and train them
to react only to their own signal.
2. Take the release button into your hand or place it on the floor
and press it. Give your dog a treat every time the acoustic signal
is heard. Repeat this several times to get your dog used to the
acoustic signal.
3. Once your dog has understood that he will get a treat when the
signal tone sounds, he is motivated to activate the trigger
himself. Each approach towards the trigger is a subtarget and
can be rewarded.
4. Once your dog has mastered pressing the release button, you can
create the connection to the food dispenser. Start by pressing
the release button or having your dog press it and then place the
treat in tray of the food dispenser.
5. In the next step, switch the dispenser on. Press the release button.
Treats will fall out of the dispenser into the tray. Repeat this
several times to get your dog used to the sounds the dispenser
makes.
6. Now you can fix the release button to one of the openings
intended for it on the dispenser. Or you place the release button
directly next to the dispenser in the rubber holder. Now let your
dog press the release button.
7. Once your dog has mastered all these steps, you can move the
release button a bit further away from the food dispenser.
8. To further increase the level of difficulty, you can increase the
distance between the release button and the dispenser even
more. This can be done within a radius of max. 40 m, so that
release button and dispenser can be in two different rooms.
9. With the aid of the suction cup included, you can fasten the
release button to a glass door or to other smooth surfaces. With
the peg included, it can be secured in soft ground, e.g. in the
garden. This again poses new challenges for your dog and allows
numerous variations of the game.
Information:
Instead of filling in treats, you can fill the game
with your dog's usual dry feed instead.
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Video of the Game:
