Week 1 Notes, Homework, and Videos

    NOTE 1:  ALL TRAINING SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE TRAINING SLIP LEAD OR TRAINING COLLAR AND LEAD.

NOTE 2:  DO NOT LEAVE TRAINING COLLAR OR TRAINING SLIP LEAD ON WHEN YOU ARE NOT ACTIVELY TRAINING YOUR DOG.


NOTE 3:  EVERYTHING THIS WEEK SHOULD BE DONE IN LOW AND EASY DISTRACTION (INSIDE IN A QUIET AREA).

NOTE 4:  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 5:  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.   

NOTE 6:  WHEN YOUR DOG/PUPPY WORKS WITH YOU AT HOME, YOU MAY NEED TO GO DOWN IN TIME AND THEN BUILD BACK UP TO WHERE YOUR DOG/PUPPY 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 7:  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.  OTHERWISE, YOU CAN BURN YOUR DOG OR PUPPY OUT.

NOTE 8:  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 9:  BLUE TEXT GOES TO THE DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXERCISES.  [IT IS A LINK]

Homework Schedule:

Calming/Chill Behavioral Exercises:

1.  Sit on the Dog 30 + minutes Goal:  To get your dog to lie down on their own steam in five minutes or under.


2.  Long Place  5 minutes Goal:  Just to get your dog to start to get used to staying on the place.  If your dog manages to step off, you do not need to reset the exercise.

NOTE:  YOU CAN PRACTICE THIS EITHER BEFORE DOING THE OTHER THREE PLACE STEPS BELOW OR AFTER.  THE LONG PLACE DIRECTIONS ARE AT THE END OF THE PLACE SHEET.






Obedience Exercises:

1.  Intro to Place 3 minutes (this only needs to be done once per new place and/or environment)  Goal:  Just to get your dog familiar with a new place object if necessary.




2.  Send to Place 7+minutes Goal:  To get your dog to step on themselves for times in a row for 3 sets.




3.  Circle Place 10 minutes or less Goal:  To eventually get 4 in a row without needing correction for 1 minute.




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