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. (SAMEISH) 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 Change:  You can start doing this outside in your yard if your dog has been going down within 5 minutes at the end of Week 1.  Also, you can now rotate this on the days you are not practicing 30 minute long place.



  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 Changes:  Now we are dropping the leash and sitting further away from the dog.   Also the time has increased to 30 minutes and this exercise is rotated on days that you are not practicing "Sit on The Dog."



    Obedience Exercises:
  1. (NEW) Traditional Heel and Auto Sit Started 5-10 minutes  Goal:  To get three sessions of 4 patterns (heel and sit) in a row.  Also to get sits on the first command for 3 sets of 4 in a row.  These may or may not be in the same session.  Remember, it is okay not to make that goal, because you are working towards the goal.  In the beginning we are just teaching what we want.  NOTE:  I WANT YOU TO GET AT LEAST THREE WELL-POSITIONED STEPS IN BEFORE STOPPING FOR THE SIT.

  2. (NEW) Start of the Sit Stay 10 minutes or less [in the beginning it might be much less as you are working at the goal duration yet] Goal: To eventually get four in a row sit stays for 1 minute.  

  3. (NEW) Recall or the Come Command  5-7 minutes or less Goal:  At first it is just to practice it for 15 repetitions to start and concentrate on getting your dog as close to you in as possible for the sit.  Eventually and possibly not this week, the goal will be to get 3 sets of 4 in a row looking the way you want them to.  NOTE:  KEEP JOGGING BACK ON WEEK 1.  WE GET RID OF THAT ON WEEK 2.

  4. (CHANGED) 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:  Send your dog from further away.  Start at about 1 foot and see where you can get to this week.  Do not rush it, though.  Be sure the performance is where it needs to be before adding more distance.


  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 then widen the circle around the place.  See how far you can get without rushing it.  







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