Week 3 Notes, Homework and Videos

NOTE 1: ALL TRAINING SHOULD BE DONE WITH TRAINING COLLAR AND TRAINING LEASH ON.

NOTE 2: DO NOT LEAVE METAL TRAINING COLLAR OR TRAINING SLIP LEAD ON WHEN YOU ARE NOT ACTIVELY TRAINING YOUR DOG.

NOTE 3: PLEASE PUT ON YOUR METAL TRAINING COLLAR CORRECTLY. ALSO BE SURE TO HOLD THE LEASH CORRECTLY.

This is a link to a leash article on our business blog. Leashes How to Hold Them and How to Fold Them.

NOTE 4: START EVERYTHING AT THE BEGINNING IN ENVIRONMENTS AND WITH EQUIPMENT THAT ARE EASY FOR YOU. YOU WANT TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT FOXIE HAS LEARNED AND HOW TO HANDLE FOXIE IN LOW DISTRACTIONS FIRST, SO THAT YOU WILL BEGIN TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN MORE COMPLICATED OR HIGHER DISTRACTIONS LATER.

NOTE 5: THE GOALS ARE PLACES TO WORK TO IN THE FUTURE. IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE GOAL, DON'T WORRY AS LONG AS YOU PUT IN THE WORK TOWARDS THE GOAL. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN CALL OR EMAIL ME WITH ANY TRAINING PROBLEMS THAT COME UP IN BETWEEN LESSONS.

NOTE 6: IF YOU DON'T GET THROUGH ALL THE EXERCISES IN ONE DAY, YOU CAN JUST BE SURE THAT THE EXERCISES YOU DID NOT GET TO ARE DONE THE NEXT DAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, I THINK, IS THE MOLDED SITS. HOWEVER, THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO START TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR.

NOTE 7: WHEN YOUR DOG WORKS WITH YOU AT HOME, YOU MAY NEED TO GO DOWN IN TIME AND THEN BUILD BACK UP TO WHERE YOUR DOG WAS TRAINING WITH ME (IF YOU ARE IN PACK LEARNING AND BOARD & TRAIN). THE DOG WILL WORK BETTER FOR WHOEVER THEY WERE LAST WORKING WITH, SO OFTEN THE TIME NEEDS TO BE BUILT UP BY THE OWNER TO HAVE THE SAME SORT OF WORKING RELATIONSHIP. ***REMEMBER THAT THE FOUR-IN-A-ROW PERFORMANCES WITHOUT NEEDING A CORRECTION OR CAJOLING ARE WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LENGTH OR DISTANCE HE CAN DO THIS AT RIGHT NOW.

NOTE 8: TRAINING CAN BE DONE IN SEPARATE SESSIONS. I LIKE TO KEEP MY SESSIONS AT 15 MINUTES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DAY (EXCEPT FOR LONG PLACE, SIT ON THE DOG, OR BEHAVIORAL DOWNS). OTHERWISE, YOU CAN BURN YOUR DOG OR PUPPY OUT.

NOTE 9: HERE IS THE TRAINING PROGRESSION YOU SHOULD TRY FOR YOURSELF. WEEK 1: IS IN NON -DISTRACTIONS (AS POSSIBLE), TYPICALLY INSIDE AND EVERYTHING IN TRAINING IS ON LEASH WEEK 2: STARTING TO TAKE THE LEASH OFF FOR SOME EXERCISES AND BRINGING WELL KNOWN OTHER EXERCISES OUTSIDE (LIKE SIT AND TRANSITIONAL LEASH. WEEK 3: IN THIS CASE WAS TRANSFERRING WHAT YOUR DOG KNOWS TO ECOLLAR STARTING WITH TRAINING WHEELS (LONG LINE OUTSIDE OR SHORT DRAGGING LEASH INSIDE) AND PROGRESSING TO OFF LEASH OUTSIDE.

NOTE 10: MARKER WORDS ARE GOOD=GOOD JOB KEEP GOING YES=GOOD JOB YOU ARE RELEASED FROM THE EXERCISE AND NO=THAT IS NOT WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR.

NOTE 11: BLUE TEXT GOES TO THE DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXERCISES. [IT IS A LINK]

HOMEWORK SCHEDULE

Calming Behavioral Exercises (Rotate "Sit on The Dog" with "Long Place" exp. Monday "Sit on The Dog", Tuesday "Long Place)":

Sit On The Dog 30 + minutes Goal: To get your dog to lay down on their own steam in five minutes or under.
Long Place 30 minutes Goal: To have your dog become accustomed to staying on their place for 30 minutes. If your dog breaks from the place, you don't need to restart the timer. Just bring your dog back to the place and do not repeat the command. NOTE: We did not practice this on your exit lesson. I would recommend doing this with her with a dropped leash.

Obedience Exercises:

NOTE 1: REMEMBER YOU ONLY NEED TO DO AN HOUR A DAY. IF YOU DON'T GET TO AN EXERCISE ONE DAY BASED ON TIME OR LIFE, JUST BE SURE TO DO IT THE NEXT DAY.

NOTE 2: TRAINING FOR ME MEANS I NEED TO BE PRESENT WITH MY DOG. SO MY TRAINING WORK IS OUTSIDE OF WALKING WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND SO ON. I HAVE TO BE VERY PRESENT TO WORK ON TIMING AND BEING THERE WITH MY DOG. YOU CAN OF COURSE STILL GO OFF AND DO NON TRAINING WALKS AND USE YOUR TRAINING, I JUST DON'T CALL THAT MY OFFICIAL FORMAL TRAINING TIME.

Heeling (lured heeling step 1, lured heeling step 2, or adult dog traditional heel) 15+ minutes Goal: Start inside to get the feel of this, and then work him in the yard after you feel confident with this.
Sits First Command with Correction if needed 5+ minutes Goal: To get three sets of four in a row sits without needing correction or cajoling in increasing distractions as you move forward eventually taking 5 minutes or less in the environments you will be in. NOTE: IT LOOKS LIKE I FORGOT TO TAKE A VIDEO WITH SANDY SO THIS IS ANOTHER DOG IN THE VIDEO.
Still Sit Stays 5 + minutes Goal: To get four in a row without needing correction for 1 minute a piece (you can start at less time and build up if your dog is having trouble once at home). YOU CAN WARM UP FOR CIRCLE SIT STAYS WITH THESE. ALSO THESE ARE GOOD TO WORK ON WHILE YOU ARE ON A WALK.
Circle Sit Stays 5+ minutes Goal: To get to 1-minute circle stays inside four times in a row with the leash dropped and walking around the room in not more than 5 minutes. Remember you can back up steps if you are having a hard time (exp holding the leash, closer circle, less time, and so on).
Intro to Place 3 minutes or 15 repetitions (remember you only need to do this once per new place and/or environment) Goal: To just introduce your dog to a new place object.
Send to Place 5 + minutes Goal: To get three sets of four in a row repetitions without needing a correction.
Circle Place 5 + minutes Goal: To get our 1-minute circle places in a row in not much more than 5 minutes.
Let's Go 7+ minutes Goal: To get three sessions of four in-a-row repetitions without needing corrections (using food reward is fine and encouraged). NOTE: WE DID NOT FORMALLY PRACTICE THIS EXERCISE FROM THE BEGINNING AS WE SHOULD. I AM PUTTING A VIDEO OF ME DOING IT WITH ANOTHER DOG IN CASE YOU WANT TO START THIS WAY.
Walks Outside (or inside) 15 + minutes (remember you can work on stay, let's go, and lured heel on these walks. You do not need to do exercises twice.) Goal: To get your dog used to walking on a loose leash. Also to get the dog and owner working like a team. The methods on here are (1) Slack Leash Moving and Tight Leash Stand Still, (2) Lured Heeling and Sits (3) Leash Behind Leg NOT FOR SHAWN, and (4) Sit Stays. The videos below are the strategies I use (None of the walking videos came out on my phone, so I am going to use Maggie for this. NOTE: SHAWN SHOULD PRACTICE THESE INSIDE FIRST.

Things we did not get to in the lesson that were done (these will be in your next lesson):

Let's Go, Sit, and Send to Place on Ecollar
Long Place with dropped leash NOT on Ecollar (you can do this as the change is not that hard)
Attention to Name
Down Command (We were not all the way through this)
Spin or Follow the Hand