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Description of the place command:  The place command, when finished, allows you to send your dog to a bordered object on the floor (a folded quilt or blanket, a cot, or a dog bed are some examples) where your dog can stay until you release them for a period of time and they can be comfortable for a period of time, while you do something else.  This exercise also helps your dog to have impulse control, and learn they can’t be the center of everything all of the time.  Equipment needed:   Leash, Collar, and Place Object (something that feels different than the floor like a blanket, cot, or dog bed)  You could also use food (optional) with a food motivated dog for this exercise, especially if they are skittish at first about walking over the place object. Just lure the with the food going over the place object, if you can.  STAGE 1: INTRODUCING THE PLACE OBJECT     STEP 1:   Position your place object (dog bed, dog cot, heavy folded bl...

Explanation and goal of command:  Let’s go simply means move towards you. The goal is to have your dog move towards you when you say the command. This can be used for different purposes such as the following: You want your dog to move towards you and away from something else. For instance, if your dog was annoying another dog, this is a good way to get them to instead move towards you.  If your dog goes to the end of the leash, this is also a good command to train your dog to leave the leash loose.  Equipment needed: Long Line or 6’ Leash, Training Collar, Food Reward (if that is what we are working with)  STEP 1:  You will be holding the end of the long leash for this one.  STEP 2:   In the opposite hand, you will want to be holding the food reward. The food should be preloaded in your hand before giving the command.  STEP 3:   Let your puppy or dog get distracted. If they go to the end of the line, j...

Equipment Needed :   6' Leash (week 1, afterwards we will use 15' long line); Training Collar Explanation and Goal of Exercise:   Formal command that requires the dog's immediate response to the command in a straight line that ends very close to the owner/handler/trainer in a sit position (auto sit). Uses for This Exercise:    This is an immediate directive to return to owner.   This can be just to leash up, or the owner/trainer/handler could see danger up ahead.   This exercise done well and to a standard can not only return your dog to you, but avoid some dangerous situations (hole in the ground, barbed wire, away from wild animal that has come into the yard ET). The following are steps for this exercise: STEP 1:   Start off in a heel. STEP 2:   Close up your feet into the auto sit position, when your dog is walking in heel position.   If your dog does not go into auto sit, be sure to give th...

Equipment Needed: 6' Leash, Training Collar (or a slip lead instead of the leash and collar)  Explanation and Goal of Exercise:   Great for keeping a dog stationary when doing chores around the house.  Stationing a dog in any human or canine social environment when needed.  To keep the dog from greeting too enthusiastically by learning to wait and greet when allowed.  There are many other uses for this exercise.  The dog is required to perform the position of the command, and stay there until the release word is given.  The handler/owner will be increasing the duration first, add in distractions, and finally add on distance from the dog to this exercise.    NOTE ON STAYS:  DO NOT RUSH THROUGH THIS EXERCISE.  IF YOU STOP AT ONE SECTION, BUT DO THE BEST WORK POSSIBLE THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT.  IF YOU CAME HERE MORE ADVANCED, BUT HAVE TROUBLE AT ONE LEVEL, THEN BACK DOWN TO THE PREVIOUS LEVEL...

Equipment needed : Metal Training Collar , 6' leather lead , (or a slip lead in place of the collar and lead) chair for the handler to sit on that they aren't too worried about (IE an antique chair would not be a good idea, especially for a dog that might try to chew something other than their toy while you aren't watching), silence from the handler which means no verbal commands, praise, or corrections. Also, no conversations of any sort with your dog.  NOTE: THIS CAN ALSO BE DONE WITH A SLIP LEAD, TRANSITIONAL LEAD (NO NOSE LOOP), OR NYLON SLIP COLLAR INSTEAD OF THE METAL CHAIN TRAINING COLLAR AND 6’ LEATHER LEASH. A FLAT COLLAR CAN BE USED IF IT IS SNUGGED UP SO IT CAN NOT GET OVER THE DOG’S HEAD.     Objective and Goals: This exercise starts the leadership portion of dog training in a very non-confrontational way. You define the space and activity that the dog will inhabit while you are engaged in other activities. It starts the process of showing the do...

  I get a fair number of calls a year for house training advice. I give out a lot of tips for free. Here is a list of tips that I give to owners that are seeking to housebreak their dog:      Puppies NEED to go out more  often than adults. Some can sleep through the night, and others can't. Some will need to go out about every two hours at first.  When first bringing home a puppy,  crate training and tethering when your attention   cannot be on them  are great solutions. Let puppy or dog inside for loose play only after they have done number one and two as expected when first entering your home (and in their outside area obviously).  Write down the times of any "accidents"  and add those times to your schedule of when you let your dog or puppy out, until a reliable pattern develops.  After an accident , immediately bring your puppy or dog outside.  Keep  separate bathroom times  when your puppy or dog goes o...