Please note: This does not and is not intended to cover every possible solution when it comes to eliminating inside. Horror. That’s I felt when I realized that my dog, Rosie, had peed on my bed. It didn’t seem like it had been with any sort of intent – she hadn’t squatted, she hadn’t searched […]
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There’s a reason why a lot of puppies are taken to a shelter at about nine to eleven months. Even with adequate management, training, and socialization, adolescent dogs can be a bit much.
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Hallie Wells: “I think what’s important for me with assistance dogs–so that covers the realm of service dogs and guide dogs–is that there are so many different aspects of it, and it’s not just cookie cutter training. Not that training ever is, but there might be someone that needs autism support, but they also might need light guiding tasks, or there might be someone who has a psychiatric service dog, but they also need some counterbalance support. So, I really love that you can really customize the dog training and the service dog training to suit their partner’s needs and accommodate what they’re looking for to gain that independence and have that partnership with their service dog.”
Hallie Wells: “There was initially pushback, and I think it was just based on fear of not knowing. Whether it was from my volunteers or my staff, we just kind of faced that confrontation and those fears head on. Like yeah, ‘I know this is hard. It’s scary. It’s extremely difficult to change your skillset.’ But once people started noticing that they were able to tell their dog ‘Yes’ and give them information more and do it through a positive manner, they noticed their puppies were learning things faster. They were adapting to unfamiliar stimuli a lot faster. They were also learning a lot more about their dog’s body language and becoming more aware of their dog and their behavior.”
How to Train Leave It Before you begin, condition a marker word or a clicker before you add the cue. You should have some indicator of letting your dog know that what they did is correct and a reward is coming. Leave it means please leave that item alone and you may never have it.
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How to Train Drop It Before you begin, condition a marker word or a clicker before you add the cue. You should have some indicator of letting your dog know that what they did is correct and a reward is coming. Drop it means please release that item in your mouth. I learned using a
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How to Train Recall or “Come” To start training a recall or “come” cue, condition a marker word or a clicker before you add the cue. You should have some indicator of letting your dog know that what they did is correct and a reward is coming. Then, start with a very short distance in
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The Cues that Save Lives Damelle Morgan Sr., a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner and owner and dog trainer at Tip Top Breedz Dog Training, doesn’t care so much if a puppy learns “sit” right away. He’d rather start with “come”. “The first thing I like to start working on with them is recalls,
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“Recalls Save Lives”: Puppies and Pitbulls with Damelle A. Morgan Sr. Podcast Transcript [Intro] Damelle A. Morgan Sr. I tell them if you punish that growl, it’s gonna go away, and they’re just gonna attack. And they’re like, ‘But I don’t want him growling.’ I say, ‘Okay, so figure out what in the environment has