by Brittni Heywood | Jul 7, 2022 | Behavior, Skills
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...
by Brittni Heywood | Jul 7, 2022 | Behavior, Training
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,...
by Brittni Heywood | Jul 7, 2022 | Behavior, Skills
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...
by Brittni Heywood | Jul 7, 2022 | Behavior, Skills
The name Game: Teaches immediate “look” to you the handler when the dog’s name is said Your dog’s name means, “look immediately at me and wait for further instruction.” It does not mean, get out of that, stop doing that, etc. You...
by Brittni Heywood | Jul 7, 2022 | Behavior, Skills, Training
Why does your dog jump? It may be due to the excitement of you coming home from a long day away and they figured out jumping gets them attention. Or maybe they want to meet and greet the visitors and they have learned that also gets them attention. Or maybe you as the...
by Brittni Heywood | Jul 7, 2022 | Behavior, Outlet
8 Mental Games for your dog Many dogs don’t get the mental stimulation they need. That’s why some dogs chew on things they wouldn’t normally. So I have put together 8 easy things you can do to help your dog use the brain they have. Most of these items you have laying...
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