Week 1 Videos of Work

 Commands and Exercises Worked on (underlined words in blue go to directions):

Calming Exercises:

Sit on the Dog is helps your dog not only learn how to chill but also to learn to be near you not running away.   That is the other half of having a dog that will come on command instead of running away.  This is just one thing that is being worked on.  This is purely a behavioral exercise as no commands come with it.

Long Place is both a behavioral and training exercise.  This also promotes impulse control.






Obedience Exercises:

Still Sit Stay helps your dog learn to stay still while you, eventually, move around him.  This is also the other side of your dog not running away from you.


Circle Sit Stay is where you get your dog used to you walking closely and eventually from a distance around them.

Intro to Place is the first step to where we start when teaching the long place.  This just introduces them to their first or their new place object.


Send to Place is where we start to teach the dog to step onto the place object themselves.

Circle Place is where we teach the dog where the boundaries are and where we want them to stay (four feet on the place, which is the only rule of place).

Let's Go is an informal "move towards me" command.


Recall or the Come Command is meant to have your dog come directly towards you and stop in a sit.

Approaching (no directions for this as yet) Deeks without him running away.








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