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Teaching Your Pup “Touch”

Teaching Your Pup “Touch”

Teaching a Nose to Hand Target aka: Touch Hand targets are useful behavior for so many reasons, leash walking when we need our dogs to change directions, move around, stay close and you can use to reset when your dog moves ahead, end of a recall, when other people...

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Teaching your Pup “Place”

Teaching your Pup “Place”

Teaching your Dog "Place" Teach your dog they have a place and to go and relax is the final behavior. Take this anywhere you go or just hang out at home using it. To start and help your dog understand this behavior and that the mat is part of the exercise, make sure...

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How Pups Learn

How Pups Learn

How Dogs Learn Association: is it safe or not Make training fun Dog will develop a positive emotional response  Dog enjoys being with you and returning to you Consequence: good or bad for me Reinforcement increases behavior Always reinforce a recall with high value...

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What is a Marker/Clicker

What is a Marker/Clicker

Marker training helps you keep clear and consistent communication with your learner (your dog). Plus it keeps it as easy as possible for your dog to understand what you want. A marker can be a clicker or a verbal marker. Remember it should be the same sound every...

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