Kleo’s first attempt at a sleeve
EXERCISE-
It can be a really good exercise for a high energy dog to let them play “ tug of war “ with themselves
Kleo last year, I need to record her this year . She was Maybe a year old in this video
SPEAK-
A bark on command can be a really fun trick to teach.
WAIT- Such an important command to have!!
Heeling tip!
Be more exciting than your environment. Your dog is naturally going to want to smell and look at everything around you so starting a heel needs to start at home where it’s a much less exciting place with less distractions.
Get treats that they like and ball them in your hand showing the dog that you have food.
Keep your hand close to you and lead them around for a couple seconds and say “ heel”
After some practice you should be able to hold your hand there and then come to you and start to get it naturally
Teaching sit pretty, the process of beginning something really new
Place command -
I made a simple post explaining this, “ go lay down”
This is a place which is similar but she still needs to keep an eye on me. With her go lay down command she can just relax but a place is a hold where she needs to be watching me still.
If you have a solid stay, this would be good to work on with your dog
Wait-
I love my commands that can be used in several ways.
Please look at my other post for your basic wait. This is the step by step guide for this as well, the only difference is i’m using a more high energy reward than a treat
Release-
Release and come are different because release is simply letting your dog free from a stay. It doesn’t mean they have to come to you and wait for a command it’s just letting them do whatever they please. Once you have mastered your downs and waits and stays this is a good way to make sure they will only release to that word. For me it’s “ okay”. She will not get up unless i say this word .
This one is going to take time too. To be honest this was a really hard one for me because at first she would release to anything i said at her while looking in her direction but now she knows.
For this i suggest anytime you teach your down or wait and want them to get up to use the same exact word every time