Great training from Belle and my other niece too!
Bella doing some training with my niece.
It’s great to get your kids or other family relatives involved with training. The kids and dogs get a lot out of it. You don’t want kids scared of dogs.
Bella and Belle sit and wait with distraction!
Very good sit and waits. It was more difficult as a dog and owner went past as we were practicing. They were a few metres away so the dogs managed to wait. It’s great to practice things with distractions once they are good at something without distractions. Gradually get the distractions closer and see if they can still do it.
Great recall from Bella.
She came straight, pretty quickly in the direct route. I layered the rewards. Praise and touch first. Then several pieces of Bella’s high value food, one at a time to make them last longer. Finally a play with her favourite mop toy. Do practice recall on every walk several times. Have a party when they get to you!!! So they love that game.
Sit wait/stay.
Very good sit wait from Belle and Bella. Having been away last week it’s good to go over things they previously knew. Dog training is up and down and you do need to keep going over things. I made a mistake and said ‘yes’ before I had got back to the dogs. As I did want them to wait for me to come back. Or you can stay away and recall your dog to you.
Bella Come!! Some excellent recalls this morning and a couple Bella needed some help with. If you ask for a recall you must follow it through. So make sure they do come to you and praise and reward.
Sit wait or stay!
Really useful things to teach your dog. To sit and get them to wait or stay. It does not matter which word you use. Bella does get ‘break’ my release word and ‘wait’ muddled up sometimes. So do think about the words you use. You want to do as clear as possible. You can change a word by saying the old word first and the new word second. Gradually the dog gets used to the new word.
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Willow Come!!! Great recalls from Willow today. She came really fast and straight away. One she did get side tracked on the way. She needed a bit of encouragement. Really well done. 👏👏👏
Belle practicing lead walking.
Do you have a marker word? This is a word that is said straight after the dog has done something you liked. Like a sit or 10 steps walking next to you. I use the word ‘yes’. A short word is good. It helps the dog to know they have done the right thing and their reward of food or a toy is coming very soon. So keep this word for when you want to give food/reward. Use another word when you go don’t plan to do this. So you are consistent.
Sit, down and stand.
Farnborough fields has an amazing Poppy field. See in this video. Bella did some very good sits, downs and stand near the field.
Great sit, down and stand by Belle and Bella today.
They also did 10 great ‘leave’s’! Mostly for joggers who were doing a early run. A couple for owners and their dogs that I didn’t want Belle and Bella to meet. Dogs don’t have to meet all the dogs they meet. You can decide which ones.
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Cooling Belle and Bella off in the stream!
I asked them to do a sit and down in the stream. Bella did lots of sits, which surprised me as last year she wouldn’t sit in the stream! Belle who did lots of sits in the stream last year. Did not do one today. No downs today from either dog. It’s good to challenge your dog and get them to do things in lots of different places. Don’t worry if they don’t manage. Try again another day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BELLE!!!🎂😍😊🎁🎂🐾👏❤️🐶😊🎂👏
Sorry about my singing of Happy Birthday. I can’t believe you
are 7 years old today!!
Bella Come! Lovely two recalls with no distractions around of people or dogs. Also Bella did some great recall with dogs. She came straight away. This is what we want. Also great practice for ‘leave’ this morning. First time I said ‘leave’ a bit late and Bella went up to a teenage boy. Who ignored her. So that was good. Then two couples went past separately and Bella turned round to face me each time when I said ‘leave’. I rewarded with several pieces of high value food. I was really pleased. Well done Bella. 😊
Check ins!
Belle and Bella checking in on our walk this morning. We want our dogs to check in with us on our walks. So if Belle and Bella give me eye contact I give them a low value piece of food. (When I started doing this I used high value food. Now I can use low value).
Tips on using a long lead to help with recall.
Here is a video on using a long lead. Long leads are really useful when your dog is learning recall. I wear DIY gloves to keep my hands clean. At the end of video I mentioned cutting the long lead. This is when your dog is getting good at recall and you can drop the lead. You can cut the long lead as you get confident with your dog’s recall.
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Bella come, Belle come! Some great recalls this morning. As well as practicing recall a lot, I also use recall for lots of things: if we are about to meet a dog I don’t know (I don’t want them running up to them), a dog on lead, if they have gone too far, if they are in the bushes, if I can’t see them, if there is a person without a dog (I don’t want them going up to them), if there is some rubbish on the ground and I don’t want the dog investigating, if i want to put them on lead. These are just a few things recall are good for. #dogtraining #dogtrainingclasses #puppytraining #dogowners #pettswood #orpington #farnboroughfields #rewardbasedtraining#petdogtraining #lifeskillsfordogs#relationshipbuilding #positivereinforcementtraining #practicaldogtraining#behaviouraltrainer #bromleydogtrainer#trainingclassesfordogs #dogskills #dogtrainer #dogtrainingtips
Wait - while I pick up the dog poo in the bushes.
Very good waiting from Belle and Bella. Wait and stay - you can use either. Either word is very useful to teach your dog. To get them to stay still while you do something. Like pick up some glass or open or shut the car door.
Sit, down and stand with a play of the toy at the end.
Practice using words and visual cues. Then try with just words or just visual cues. Bella did sit, down and stand with just visual cues later on the walk. Always good to finish a training session with a play with a toy.
Willow doing sit, down and stand. You can see my hand actions in this video.
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