The Recall Activity Guide: Gathering Data at the Very Beginning

Test your marker, take some baseline data, know your dog's distractions, and figure out their reinforcers.

Welcome back to our Recall Guide series.

In the previous section, we provided some high level background on recall. We talked about how recall is really multiple behaviors sequenced together, and while you can make progress very quickly, it’s important to have realistic expectations about the time it takes to build truly solid recall in a large variety of conditions.

Now we’re going to delve into the importance of collecting a little data before you get started (and how to do it), so you can know your baseline before you train.

Gather some data before you get started