FOUNDATION DOG TRAINING GROUP CLASS
Last night Cooper got the prize for the best RECALL (we are halfway through our 9-week course).
He couldn't be tempted by the person distracting him with food in her hand, and he wasn't tempted to run off to play with another dog in the hall. All he wanted was to run back to his owner and play with him. And that is what we want too.
If we could encourage all owners to take their dog's favourite interactive toy with them to the park and have fun playing with their dog before letting him off the lead (instead of letting him off to play with other dogs or chase squirrels) they would be on the way to getting a more reliable recall.
If you would like to start training your dog, contact me to find out about group classes (the next course is starting on Tues 11 March) or private instruction.
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We're not getting any younger, but still enjoy PLAYING TOGETHER.
Saves on a personal fitness trainer, but I might need to splash out on a physio!
THE DOGS SHOWING OFF THEIR SKILLS
Once they have learnt to listen and walk nicely on the lead, we start to add challenges for them - walking past distractions eg a person with a food shopping bag and holding a toy, and to stop and sit next to their owner whilst the owner is asked a question by the person, and the dog does not jump up at them.
These are everyday challenges that owners are faced with on walks with their dogs, and unless they know how to handle it and how they can teach their dog to behave politely, it can be overlooked and then you get dogs with no manners, embarrassed owners and disgruntled members of the public.
The second night of training on this 9-week course, and all the dogs are settling in well and learning to be responsive to their owners in an environment where there are other dogs and people.
We encourage this by motivating and rewarding the behaviour we want, preventing and correcting behaviour we don't want.
BOOK NOW FOR
PUPPY/DOG TRAINING
Course starts on Tues 24 Sept, 7-8pm
at St James' Church Hall, Kidbrooke Park Road, Blackheath, London SE3 0DU.
(2 weeks off at half-term, course ends 3 Dec)
We teach owners how to train their dog the essential, everyday skills:
🐕 Walking on the lead without pulling
🐕 Recall
🐕 Leave
🐕 No jumping up
🐕 Stay/wait
🐕 To settle
🐕 Be handled
🐕 Play with you safely
This 9-week course costs £230.
The first night is an information evening, not training, when we meet, talk about training to prepare you for the course ahead.
To find out more and to book your place
Please call Katy on 07960792066
(Only 6 dogs per course)
www.ktk9.net
Bertie is back from his holibobs, so we had a fun day out doing stuff
He's got the nose (came with the dog) and the know-how (came with training) and together we have fun playing these games.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN OUR NEXT 9-WEEK PET DOG TRAINING COURSE?
It's starting on Tues 23 July, 7-8pm ***FULLY BOOKED***
at St James' Church Hall, Kidbrooke Park Road, Blackheath, London SE3 0DU.
We teach owners how to train their dog the essential, everyday skills:
🐕 Walking on the lead without pulling
🐕 Recall
🐕 Leave
🐕 No jumping up
🐕 Stay/wait
🐕 To settle
🐕 Be handled
🐕 Play with you safely
This 9-week course costs £230.
The first night is an information evening, not training, when we meet, talk about training to prepare you for the course ahead.
To find out more and to book your place
Please call Katy on 07960792066
(Only 6 dogs per course)
www.ktk9.net
LEAVE - One of the most important things to train a dog is what not to do.
If we only teach the dog what he should do but never teach him what he shouldn't, he is bound to make mistakes. So it's better if we can tell him to avoid them.
We teach a LEAVE exercise on our training courses by positively reinforcing the dog for leaving but creating a negative response for not leaving. Its called Positive Reinforcement and Minimally Aversive training (PRAMA).
All six dogs in the class are beginning to understand an important communication.
LEAVE means the dogs must not do what they want to do. But must control their impulse when told.
It is one of the exercises on our foundation training course that is an essential skill.
RECALL - Once we have built up a strong desire to recall, we can start to put distractions and temptations in the way (because that's when you really need a good recall). And here we see the dogs do not fail to recall. Every dog in the class was a winner.
It takes practice and consistency.
We like a bit of competition in the class, so tonight we challenged them to -
THE BEST RECALL
Here are our top three.
And the winner is.....
The labrador.
She might not be the fastest but the thing that clinched it was she was not distracted by our food. She was more intent on being with her owners. And that's what you want.
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