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lack of 'oomph'
I'm trying to clicker train Jinx - but, she has the attention span of a gnat if that! She isn't food motivated nor toys. She will repeat an action 3 or 4 times and then wanders off. She is fed her dinner through training so should be hungry (it's raw pork) and occasionally Nature's Menu treats. I tried today to introduce a plastic mat for her to eat off etc - but just wanted her to stand on it first. I put it on the floor, she sniffed it (c+t), she sniffed it again (c+t), she walked away and lay down. I placed a treat on the mat and she refused to look at ai, eat it etc. What am I doing wrong? We keep training sessions short (about 1-2 mins) with a mixture of treats, playing with toys, cuddles, good girls every time she seems to go off the boil, but she has no 'oomph' - no wanting to do it, to find out what we want etc - how do I get that in her?
I'm desparate to get her walking nicely on the leash and have tried clicker and treat but she is SO uninterested in the food or toy and so much more interested in the rest of the world. I tried today inside and she just lay down after 30 secs of me skipping round the room treating her. She looks at me with those big eyes and sighs. How should I go on? How do I get her interested? I can't get any more animated without actually turning into a cartoon!
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