SESSION 13: Questions from the email bag
In this episode, I catch up on answering questions from the email bag as well as answering a caller’s question about letting her dog jumping up on her couch. In the puppy training section, I teach you how to start your younger puppy in intermediate training for sit.
In this session:
In this episode, I answer a bunch of questions in the email bag about:
- Using a long line
- Exercising your dog inside (nose work)
- Fast eaters
Training Sections:
- Adult dogs: how much freedom do I allow dogs as they start to learn more?
- Puppy section: How to start your puppy in intermediate obedience work and begin to work towards actually using obedience in real life.
Details In this Section
EMAIL BAG QUESTIONS:
Marcus’ question: How to exercise your dog in the house: Click Here
Ari’s email: Fast eaters
If your dog is crazy about food, and doing homework (like sit or down) before feeding, makes your dog crazy and causes them to eat in the wrong “frame of mind”, try this feeding ritual instead:
- Split a feeding into 4 small feeding bowls
- Don’t be too structured before feeding
- After the food is prepared, wait ….
- When you see your dog settle their nervous system down, praise lightly and slowly put the food down
- After she finishes that ¼ of her meal, watch for more settling behavior, once you see it “praise” or verbally mark that settling behavior and put the second bowl down
- Follow that process for meals and see if this experiment helps your dog learn to settle more with feedings.
Here’s the link to the article on slow feed bowls too: Click Here
PUPPY SECTION:
Recall the 4 phases of obedience with puppies:
THE STUFF IN THIS PODCAST
Phase 1: Luring and basic teaching
Phase 2: beginning to challenge with time and distraction
STUFF WE’LL COVER NEXT PODCAST
Phase 3: Beginning to challenge what you’re doing while they do the exercise and shift where your reinforcing treats are placed in training
Phase 4: Challenging all elements in the progression of difficulty and moving the intermittent reinforce to later in the exercise arc.
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About the Author: Sean
I’ve been training people and dogs in Seattle for the last decade and a half. My main focus when working with clients every week in one-on-one, private lessons is to help people learn to get their dogs to a functional level so that they can actually enjoy spending time every day with their dog instead of stressing about their dog’s behavior issues.
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About Sean
I’ve been training people and dogs in Seattle for the last decade and a half. My main focus when working with clients every week in one-on-one, private lessons is to help people learn to get their dogs to a functional level so that they can actually enjoy spending time every day with their dog instead of stressing about their dog’s behavior issues.
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