Potty Training
Part 1: Learning where to go Leash walk your puppy outside to potty. Try to go through the same door to the same spot each time. Allow your puppy three minutes to relieve themselves. If they go within three minutes, celebrate their success with lavish praise and/or a food reward. Puppies often have to go […]
Introduction to E-collar Work
E-Collar Longe Line You will be walking between two points for this exercise. Those points should be 40-50 feet apart. Start in a quiet place. Your dog should be on a 15 ft long line, and be wearing a properly fitted e-collar of an approved brand. Set the e-collar to your dog’s lowest working level. […]
Biting and Chewing
Biting Biting and chewing are both very normal puppy behaviors that should be expected, and trained out of the dog. This takes times and patience and lots of redirecting. We have several ways of doing this. For the purposes of our training, we will classify Biting as mouthing humans, and chewing as mouthing objects. The […]
Place
Place can be taught with any defined area. It must look and feel different than the surrounding surfaces. It is easier to start with a place that is slightly raised, to make it more obvious to the dog. Approach the place from any side. Take your left hand past your dog’s face, gesturing towards the […]
Stand
Manual Stand Start with your dog sitting in heel position. Adjust the collar high and snug so that the collar is at the top of the dog’s neck, and the running links are coming out of the right side of your dog’s face, by their cheek. Place your right hand on the running links of […]
Stay – Sit position
Days 1 & 2 Start with the dog sitting in heel position. Adjust the collar so that it is high and snug, at the top of their neck, with the active ring coming straight up between their ears. Put all of the leash in the left hand and fold up the excess leash so that […]
Heel and Sit
“Heel” is a position in relation to the handler, where the dog’s front legs line up with the handler’s front legs. In order to teach heel, the dog must also know “Sit.” The sit command allows us to break heeling up in to small pieces so that the dog can succeed. Walking Position This is […]
Longe Line Work
You will be walking between two points for this exercise, 40-50 feet apart. Your dog should be on a 15 ft long line, and be wearing a properly fitted martingale or choke chain. The goal: keep your dog within a 3 ft radius of your left hip. Start standing on the leash close to your […]
The Long Down Exercise
The long down (or Sit on the Dog) exercise is something we teach each and every dog that comes through out basic obedience classes and lessons. It is the one exercise that makes dogs most livable, in my opinion. It establishes some basic manners and sets the tune for other training sessions. Our short term […]
Stand/Stay
Stand/Stay Place the dog in a stand in heel position. Return leash to walking positing. Place palm of left hand in front of dog’s face and give the command to “stay.” Step off with your right foot and walk in a counterclockwise circle around your dog. Stop when you return to heel position. Praise your […]