23/09/2018
In honor of deaf dog awareness week, here is a quick training video on introducing sit. Charlie is a master of sit, He will sit and hold it anywhere anytime👍🏻 if there is something dangerous, he will sit for me... no matter what and I think it’s the most important tool in his box. When ever I get a new dog in for training, hearing or deaf I always start with the basics. Puppy to adult, developing a system and specific sign or voice command and sticking to that system is really important. You will notice once I ask the dog for the command (asl sign for “sit” two fingers over and down on your fist). I wait for the dog to complete the task... full butt on the ground. Then give the “good” command ( thumbs up in ASL). Immediately followed by a treat. If the dog breaks the position, I ask them to do it again, I give the good but NO treat. I slowly start adding distance and distractions as well. This helps them understand the system and learn to not break the position. To release I give “OK” command and make it fun for the dog... treats and lots of affection. That way the dog can determine work/training from free/playtime.
I do this slowly, I say 1,000 repetitions for a reason. Yes your dog may know sit. however I do it this way so when there is a fight at the dog park, a squirrel chasing moment, something startles the dog... they will eventually look to you for direction or stop and sit when you tell them to ( deaf dogs are different and I slowly introduced a vibration collar to Charlie for this reason to look at me... I’ll post that later). Also deaf dog problem. I messed up and pointed to my hip... you can see how quickly Charlie jumped up on me and I can’t say no only reward w a kiss and tell him down and keep moving forward 😂.
I originally wanted to release a lot of videos this week for deaf dog awareness but I will be out of the country for two weeks. I’ll continue posting when I get back. Questions. Comment below...👇🏼🙏🏻