Need a hot day activity for your pup? I'm sure you all have a muffin tin and some tennis balls laying around. Or honestly anything that will fit in the tin would work well too! Place their meal or treats in the tin and cover it up with some tennis balls. Easy and simple but will work your pups brain as they figure out how to get to the food.
Dasher has done this activity before but he kept making it hard on himself because he wouldn't clear the open spot before covering it up again. 😆 Silly boy!
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Getting your dog to respond to you with no distractions tends to be pretty easy. But it is important to start there so you can build up a high reinforcement history (a.k.a. you dog has received a lot of treats for looking at you when you say their name). This will help when you start to add in small distractions here and there.
During Dashers visit yesterday we practiced this behavior in a new location! After working on gaining his attention around the new distractions (kids playing at the playground about 100 yds away) we worked on his response to his name and turning away from thise distractions. As you can see he is right in front of me and I don't give him a lot of time to look at the distractions. This helped him be more successful with responding! Way to go Dasher! #enrichyourdogslife #dasher
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Teaching a "Watch" cue can be very beneficial at times! If your dog gets highly distracted in certain areas you can teach them a watch cue to help gain their focus and attention around those distractions.
Of course, we don't want to start off by training around those distractions! Tyler is working in a room indoors with a very controlled environment. This will help him to succeed and get a good understanding of what behavior is expected of him when he hears the cue "Watch". To start this behavior off, make sure you have good attention from your dog. Tank your hand up and simply point to your eyes. When they look up at you, click and follow with a treat!
The better they get, you can fade the hand signal away or add in new small distractions to start working up to the difficult distractions! Way to go Tyler! ❤️
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Experiencing new things is an everyday occurrence for our puppies. I was able to hop on a great training opportunity for Dasher earlier this week! While outside enjoying what little sun we had on Tuesday there was a moment where an emergency vehicle passed close by to Dashers home. To help him associate this loud potentially scary noise with good things I grabbed some of his kibble and tossed it into the yard for him to find. As you can see in the video he isn't concerned with the noise but spent his time sniffing the ground (which is a good stress reliever for dogs) and searching for his kibble (a high reinforcer for him - something that creates a high level of serotonin or the "feel good" hormone).
All in all while Dasher heard the new sound he was able to pair it with pleasant activities! Making it easier for him to feel calm around the noise if he were to hear it again!
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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas filled with memories, laughs, and love! ❤️
