3. Anti-Jumping – No Car Chasing Exercise
A. Prevent your dog from jumping by luring her into a SIT as
you are approached by a
stranger or a car. As soon as she sits, reinforce with treat and praise.
B. If you have a really excitable puppy, you may need to
continue to reward while he is sitting.
We don’t want him to jump, so if he stays sitting, continue to reward
until the stranger or car has passed by, then release.
C. Continue to work on this with your own helpers, and work up
to the point of hand signal for SIT with no command.
4. Leave It! This is what you want, don’t
touch that or go near that. For
your dog it translates to hesitate and look at owner.
· Start
with a treat in your open hand.
Move toward the dog. When
the dog goes for the treat, quickly close your hand and firmly say, “Leave it”.
· Do not
move your hand or your dog will think it’s a game
· When
your dog looks at you and ignores the treat, open your hand and give it to him.
· If your
dog does not look at you, you may need to add the “Watch Me” command.
· After
several successful attempts, you can move the treat to the floor walking past
it on leash at first.
· Dragging
your dog away is not leaving it.
5. Proofing
A. Where
is everyone on proofing their commands?
B. Remember: Even though your puppy appears to have
mastered the SIT/STAY and other exercises at home and in class when there are
no, or minimal distractions, it’s a whole new exercise when taken to a
different area.
C.
Continue to work on all of your commands in places other than home or in the
yard.
D.
Commands in sequence: Don’t do
commands in the same sequence every time or your dog will begin to anticipate
the commands. Combine commands
such as, sit-stay, stand-stay, down-sit, down-stand, stand-sit, sit-down,
down-stand, sit-stand, stand-sit, etc.
6. Homework
A. Catch your puppy in the act of being
good. Focus on rewarding the good behavior and lots of the bad behavior will
disappear!
B.
Practice, practice, practice- at least three times a day.
C. Work on your trick for
next week.
Point to Remember
Rewards are treats given for a correct response while your dog is still
in the proper position. For
example, if your puppy gets up after you told him to Sit and you treat that Sit,
what you actually did was reward him for getting up.
Next Week- Review
of last five weeks, intro into Rally-0bedience, games and graduation. Invite friends and family if you like,
and bring a camera!
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