Recall w/ Violet 💜
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Practicing Down
2 Ways to develop automatic behaviors (auto-sit, auto-down, auto-place)
- Use obedience commands consistently. Example: Put your dog into a sit every time you stop on a walk. With consistency and practice, they will start doing this automatically and you will no longer need to use that command in that scenario.
- Lure or gently mold your dog into the position. Example: Use food, a hand gesture, or leash pressure to mold your dog into a sit everytime you stop during a walk and they will start doing it automatically when they understand the concept.
Pro Tips:
1. Do not issue a command cue (verbal sit, down, place) if your dog does not fully understand the behavior associated with the cue. Everytime you tell your dog to sit, down, place or any other verbal command and they do not understand it, you devalue the command cue.
2. Give your dog high-value treats when luring or molding into a behavior. This increases their willingness to repeat the behavior and develop a positive association with it. You can fade away from treats as the dog masters the behavior.
Violet Heel @ the park
***Sorry for the wind!*** Next time I’ll ensure the mic is hooked up.
Public Obedience @ the park
Anna Jenkins
Place, Sit & Down @ the park
In this video, I took my dog Violet to the park to work in a new environment. Violet did a six-week board and train with another company before I became a trainer. During her program, they took her in public twice. When I was a client, I thought I was paying for the trainers to train her (which they did) and I expected her to perform anywhere (she did not 😔). Why? Her training wasn’t generalized enough. It means she learned to do the commands in a specific place with a specific handler but it did not transfer to me. A few days after training, my kids left the gate open and she got out into the cul de sac. $3000 later and she wasn’t recalling!!! To say I was mad would be an understatement. Since I spent the last year working insane hours and working with 5-20 dogs daily, I didn’t spend much time following up with her training. Now that I’ve started my own program, I’m spending time to provide adequate training for my dogs. Whether you’re looking to book with me or someone else, there’s questions you should be asking such as 1) How many trainers will be working with my dog? 2) How many sessions per day will you give my dog? 3) To what extent will you generalize the training in different settings? It’s no secret that you need to use the training to maintain it BUT enough exposure during the training YOU paid for and a good go-home lesson with you, your dog, and the trainer should help you transfer these skills.
Getting in a few quick reps of heel position with Moose.
In this short clip I’m working on crate reactivity with Raya. Raya is socialized well, gets along with the other dogs, but becomes extremely reactive when she is crated. She will stomp, lunge, and bark when small children or other dogs walk past her kennel. I slowly introduced her triggers marking and rewarding the desired behavior (calm and quiet in the kennel). I use the e-collar to correct the undesired behaviors including barking and lunging. She’s already showing signs of improvement after only 1 correction over 4 sessions. It really pays to pay attention to a dog’s body language and identify triggers before the reactivity starts so you have the opportunity to mark and reward the desired behavior.
Cooper practicing heel position.
Chapo (mini poodle) is meeting Goose (white lab) for the first time. Chapo is attending doggy day school and is currently on day 3. He has met other dogs in the past but never engaged with them. Goose is giving him a lot of friendly body language including play bows to engage with him and show him she wants to play. He wasn’t quite sure about her at first but started to come around and engage in playful behaviors with her.
Bailey doing 30ft sit. This is just a clip and it wasn’t perfect, but she did great! I’m teaching her to be comfortable following her command from a distance.
Kilo working on down from 6ft. This is the stage where he understands the verbal command down but we want to begin adding distance.
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The beginning stages of teaching Prudence “Leave-It”
Saturday afternoon social playtime
