JazzyandVeronica
Honored Member
When you're teaching a trick or a behavior with multiple parts...and you're back-chaining...
do you train only the first behavior until it's perfect, or once there is a rudimentary understanding of the first behavior, do you go on to the second, third, etc and then link them together - perfecting as you link?
I'm teaching V. a multiple step trick and I think focusing solely on 1 step at a time is boring to her...but while the first step isn't hard and she gets it...it isn't flawless and performed in it's entirety without prompting yet either...
any thoughts either way...is there a "right" way to go about doing it?
do you train only the first behavior until it's perfect, or once there is a rudimentary understanding of the first behavior, do you go on to the second, third, etc and then link them together - perfecting as you link?
I'm teaching V. a multiple step trick and I think focusing solely on 1 step at a time is boring to her...but while the first step isn't hard and she gets it...it isn't flawless and performed in it's entirety without prompting yet either...
any thoughts either way...is there a "right" way to go about doing it?