The Definitive Guide to Laser Directionals 
Age preference?
Armin,
This is probably not a question that can be answered very easily. Is there an age you can or prefer to start a dog on lasers? If you were training a puppy between 6 to 12 months, would that be an ideal or age? Or do you have different parameters that you would use to decide when to start a puppy or adolescent dog on laser directionals?
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Hi Jeremiah,
I prefer dogs to be older than that simply because I like the dog's reward ability to be consistent and solid.
I want a certain degree of reliable obedience and conflict free toy release.
In my experience the inconsistency in young dogs who are unfinished in almost everything can only properly learn some portions of this and then you have to wait and work on a number of the there skills before being able to reach any level of performance reliability.
I don't know 6-12 months old dogs who are reliable in independent detection in any environment and fewer still are reliable in bite work. And since the laser directional skill is intended to teach dogs a distance delivery system to perform a task at t distance, getting into this too early is of no benefit IMO.
Armin
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