{"id":15243,"date":"2021-03-03T19:46:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/?p=15243"},"modified":"2021-03-03T19:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:46:23","slug":"teaching-verbal-cue-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenpryoracademy.com\/teaching-verbal-cue-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Verbal Cue Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As trainers, we need to be able to depend on our dogs\u2019 ability to respond to the correct verbal cue and not to other stimuli. Verbal cue discrimination training is an important skill; it ensures that your dog responds only to the correct verbal cue and not to other words. 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