Let's Army Crawl
It's a bit long to watch, but it's fun to see the progress on Mick's new trick of crawling!
I started by luring him with food to make a slight movement forward, then marked that behaviour and rewarded him. As he started to understand the task, I had him make bigger movements forward before marking YES and rewarding.
The next step we moved to was using my hand to get the movement forward but without holding any food in it. Once he made the movements I wanted, I marked and rewarded him with the food I had in the opposite hand.
My next step will be adding a verbal cue to this behaviour!
Most new behaviours need to be understood by the dog before adding a word to them, such as SIT and DOWN, along with many tricks too.
Dogs need to know what they are doing to understand the English word we are adding so they too know the meaning of the word.
🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃
~ Tucker, George, Gemma, Coco, Fig ~
🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃
~Trixie, Boomer, Freya, Mick ~
Sometimes, communication can be very subtle to the human eye.
Here is an example with the video slowed down for a second look.
Did you catch on to this communication right away?
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Anyone else have a dog with food sensitivities or allergies?
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There is this thought that if we pick up our puppies when they are scared, we will reinforce this fear.
Let me tell you that if your puppy is scared in a situation, you can most definitely pick them up to help them feel more secure.
Joey was very frightened by the dogs barking at the fence and even though I took all the space we could get, he was still scared. I simply picked him up each time we passed with the barking dogs.
After a few times of doing this, he became less frightened, and I was able to work with him through these situations.
Eventually, he was able to walk past without being afraid.
Quick glimpse into training Joey to feel better about his harness going on over his head.
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Pattern games are predictable, and the dog is in control.
This can help with reactivity but also uncertain situations or environments.
Why I like to use it with uncertain situations is that it gives the dog permission to look around but then play a fun, predictable game, then maybe go back to looking around. It keeps the situation light and helps the dog avoid fixating on something.
For Joey, he struggles hearing dogs barking from a distance, so I make sure we are far enough away that he will want to play the game with me.
