Perhaps one of the most common approaches to leash training is known as the Penalty Yards method. All you need to do is put a treat a few yards in front of your dog and have your dog sitting by your side on their leash. Walk forward, and as soon as your dog starts to pull ahead, you gently stop, tug ...
Alissa Zucker
Dogs tend to pick one area where they like to relieve themselves, and once they have, even after the mess has been cleaned from that spot, odors can remain. This is a problem with any dog breed, but especially so for hounds with their amazing sense of smell. With this in mind, there are a few ...
Moving on, you need to increase the distance between you and your dog. You may ask a helper to hold their collar. As soon as your dog gets to you, reward them. When this is infallible, you can start introducing distractions. You may have another person stand in the way or to the side. You may need ...
At least nine times out of ten, you win the game, not the dog. That means you end up with the toy and the dog doesn’t. If your dog will release the toy when you ask using a command such as ‘Mine’ then you can let them win very occasionally. (If your dog won’t give it back, you both ...
At least nine times out of ten, you win the game, not the dog. That means you end up with the toy and the dog doesn’t. If your dog will release the toy when you ask using a command such as ‘Mine’ then you can let them win very occasionally. (If your dog won’t give it back, you both ...
Did you know that they also live in the present. Which is why I always think of them as a gift to human kind. Your dog has no concept of yesterday or tomorrow but lives in the here and now. That doesn’t mean they don’t remember things, in fact they have a superb memory and contextualise ...
I suggest that you set short training sessions throughout the day ( 3 minutes 5 times a day is good) and focus on one command at a time. Teach a solid ‘Sit’ first so that your dog is sitting at least 9 out of 10 times when you ask, without minimum delay before moving on to ‘down’. You could ...
Sarah White
If you use Sit as your alternative behaviour then it is a good idea to get a treat bag to carry round with you and then do the basics of training the Sit command in all the places where your dog likes to jump up at you. For example, the hallway, outside your bedroom door, in the garden, in the ...
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