Pack Master Training

Adding the "Distance," to bed. Slightly fading hand signals and using minimal physical help.

A little look behind the scenes of a puppy working through it's board and train program. Where a puppy begins and ends isn't always cut and dry. At 4 months this Rockstar pup is getting the most out of her education. She hasn't lived long enough to create strong bad habits and we're using that to our advantage. Here's an insight into what you're seeing during this session.... Dog's aren't contemplating right vs wrong. If this puppy was given the chance, she'd happily gobble up those milk bones or better yet my breakfast in the container next to it. What you see is a dog proficient in obedience. She has a solid foundation on the two behaviors being worked here, recall & bed. Thus I am choosing to challenge these two behaviors by adding the distraction. Notice there is no distance or duration here. I will add each one of those separately. If I make the exercise too difficult the dog will fail and get access to the food that's off limits, thus learning eating off the floor is allowed. Instead, I can control the outcome because I know what the pup is proficient in. Numerous repetitions later we have a dog who has learned to avoid off limit items on the floor. Some dogs will take these lessons forward with great success and some dogs will need their foundation strengthed with more advanced training programs.