Last night one of my 1:1 clients asked me to explain duration and I realised that I often use this term and assume people understand! Duration in any behaviour whether it is the sit, down or even a nose touch like in the video is important because without it your dog will move when you don’t want him to. If we have no duration sit becomes an instant position and then your dog pops out of it on his own. We need to know that when we ask our dog to do something he will stay there until we ask him to do something else. Training this means we have to train a release word alongside a position and be strict with ourselves in using it. In this way our dog will reliably sit for longer and longer without any nagging from us. #Duration #dogtraining #povchallenge #noretouch #snoot #dog
Sit is a 3 letter word
Sit is a 3 letter word!
Whenever we speak to our dogs, the most important part is the silence when we finish speaking as we give them time to process what we have asked and formulate their appropriate action.
So when you are training your dog, say the command and wait and see what response you get. Sometimes this can take what feels like a long time and it can differ widely depending on what you have asked, the age of the dog and the amount of training you have put in to the task.
It’s important not to rush them - remember the word has to go from your mouth to their ears and then to their brain to work out what you said and the all the way to their bottom if you said sit.When you think about it that’s actually quite a long way!
So often you see people repeat the command as they didn’t feel the response was quick enough, but maybe saying it once and waiting would have given as quick a response as repeating the command. If you repeat the word the command might become sit,sit,sit with the dog sitting on the third repetition making sit a nine letter word rather than the 3 letters it should be. But say it once and wait.
Try practicing patience with your dog, give him real thinking time every time you ask him to do something and see what actually happens. You may be pleasantly surprised.#dogtraining #dogtrainingisfun #whippet #povchallenge #supersonic #myhear
Early morning zoom and recall training session! Minus 3C in the forest this morning but Whisky didn’t care! #privatetrainer #dogtrainer #dog #dogloversuk #povchallenge #spaniellove
Beautiful frosty morning and ex Bulgarian street dog Noggins is practising his recall! Wow that’s awesome guys - well done 👏 🤩👏🤩 #recalltraining #rescuedog #povchallenge #dogtraining #dogwalking #dogrunning
Dog training the pup with assistance from Sonic!! #puppytrainingtips #povchallenge #dogtrainingtips #dogtrainingisfun #whippetlife #photobombed #mummyslittlehelper
When you are trying to have a meeting plan next years workshops and classes and the dogs have discovered the toy box!!! #dogtoys #dogplay #dogplayingball #dogtrainingclasses #povchallenge #dogtrainer #2025calendar
When I first knew Dilly he had no confidence and wouldn’t even climb over a little log. A series of confidence classes and Parkour sessions later and he’s a different dog! So nice to see this little dog living his best life!! #confidentdog #parkour #canineparkour #dogtraining #happydog
Practicing off lead heel work last night at training class. Working off lead in a safe environment is a great way of improving your teamwork and your loose lead walking. #dogtraining #dogtrainingclasses #heelwork #looseleadwalking #povchallenge
When you bump into an old friend when out for a run! Stealing his toy is obligatory!! Can’t believe Logi has a coat on in July! #dogfriends #friends #dog #dogwalking #labrador #whippetlife #povchallenge
What more could your pup want than a puzzle feeder in the garden in a sunny day? #puppylove #canineenrichment #puppy #dogtrainingtips #dogtrainerlife
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