Week 2 Notes, Homework, and Videos

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

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

NOTE 3:  PLEASE PUT ON YOUR 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:  EVERYTHING THIS WEEK SHOULD BE DONE IN LOW AND EASY DISTRACTION (INSIDE IN A QUIET AREA).

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.

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

NOTE 9:  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 10:  BLUE TEXT GOES TO THE DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXERCISES.  [IT IS A LINK]

Homework Schedule:

Calming Exercises (NOTE:  ROTATE "SIT ON THE DOG" AND "LONG PLACE" ON ALTERNATE DAYS):

  1. (SAME) Sit on the Dog 30 + minutes Goal:  To get your dog to lay down on their own steam in five minutes or under.  Week 2 Optional Change:  You could start practicing this outside in a low key distraction environment like your yard

  2. (CHANGED) Long Place 30 minutes Goal:  Just to get your dog started to get used to staying on the place.  If your dog manages to step off, you do not need to reset the exercise.  Week 2 Change:  Extend the time to 30 minutes with dropped leash and sit further away.





Obedience Exercises:
  1. (NEW) Recall or Come Command you can do this with "send to place reps" to get your dog back.   7 minutes + Goal this week is just to get him to come towards you on his own.




  2. (NEW) Sits First Command (for building reliability in public)  10 minutes + outside Goal:   To eventually get 3 sets of 4 in a row.

  3. (NEW) Sit Stays with Distance Distraction 10 minutes or less Goal: To eventually get four in a row sit stays for 1 minute.  Week 2 Change:  Usually I do circling the dog, but instead, since you have been working on distance, we will work sit stays that way this week.





  4. (SAME) Send to Place 7+minutes Goal:  To get your dog to step on themselves for times in a row for 3 sets.  Week 2 Change:  Just to practice this as we discussed in the lesson, because you did not practice that very much after the Week 1 lesson. Also, be sure he is walking onto the place himself.  We had practiced with the recall command, but you might want to set aside a session to just focus on this.







  5. (CHANGED) Circle Place 10 minutes or less Goal:  To eventually get 4 in a row without needing correction for 1 minute.  Week 2 Change:  Drop the leash and first circle about two feet away, and then gradually widen the circle.  If you are outside, you may need to start by holding the leash again and possibly decreasing the time.







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