Week 1 Homework and Notes

    NOTE 1:  ALL TRAINING SHOULD BE DONE WITH TRAINING COLLAR AND TRAINING LEASH ON.

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

NOTE 3:  PLEASE PUT ON YOUR TRAINING COLLAR CORRECTLY.  ALSO BE SURE TO HOLD THE LEASH CORRECTLY.


This is a link to a leash article on our business blog.  Leashes How to Hold Them and How to Fold Them.

NOTE 4:  EVERYTHING THIS WEEK SHOULD BE DONE IN LOW AND EASY DISTRACTION, UNLESS IT IS TOO VERY EASY.  IN THAT CASE, YOU CAN SLIGHTLY INCREASE THE DISTRACTION FOR "SIT ON THE DOG," FOR INSTANCE.   NOTE:  IF SITS ON FIRST COMMAND ARE TOO EASILY DONE INSIDE, YOU CAN TRY THESE IN THE YARD.   IF YOUR DOG DOES THOSE (TO THE GOAL) EASILY FOR YOU, THEN YOU CAN DO THEM ON A WALK.

NOTE 5:  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 6:  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.   THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, I THINK, IS THE MOLDED SITS.   HOWEVER, THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO START TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR.

NOTE 7:  WHEN YOUR DOG WORKS WITH YOU AT HOME, YOU MAY NEED TO GO DOWN IN TIME AND THEN BUILD BACK UP TO WHERE YOUR DOG 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 8:  TRAINING CAN BE DONE IN SEPARATE SESSIONS.  I LIKE TO KEEP MY SESSIONS AT 15 MINUTES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DAY (EXCEPT FOR LONG PLACE).  OTHERWISE, YOU CAN BURN YOUR DOG OR PUPPY OUT.

NOTE 9:  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 10:  BLUE TEXT GOES TO THE DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXERCISES.  [IT IS A LINK]

Homework Schedule (you can rotate long place and sit on the dog on opposite days):

Calming Exercises:

  1. Sit on the Dog 30 + minutes (remember it's time it takes to go down, then 30 minutes and if up at the end the time it takes to go down again. Goal:  To get your dog to lay down on their own steam in five minutes or under.  NOTE:  I MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION THAT YOUR DOG CAN GO UP AND DOWN AFTER THE HE HAS LAID DOWN AND THE 30 MINUTES STARTS.  SO HE DOES NOT NEED TO BE DOWN FOR THE FULL 30 MINUTES.


  2. Long Place 30 minutes  Goal:  To get your dog comfortable and more relaxed staying on their place for five minutes.

Obedience Exercises:
  1. Sit with Interim Correction if Needed 10 minutes (goal 2 minutes)  Goal:  To start to accustom your dog to the metal chain training collar so they know what that correction is later.  Also to work your dog to the goal of 3 sessions of 4 in a row sits without needing a correction (verbal or collar). (note the first video is an example of the correction, and the last video is an example of Patch and sits outside in the yard)   NOTE:  IF HE IS SUPER EASY FOR YOU INSIDE TO MAKE THE 3 SESSIONS OF 4 IN A ROW SITS, THEN YOU CAN TRY OUTSIDE IN YOUR YARD.  IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT WITH PATCH WORKING WITH YOU, THEN YOU CAN TRY ON YOUR WALKS.  WE WANT HIM TO BE ABLE TO SIT WHEN THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF DISTRACTIONS AROUND.


  2. Circle Sit Stay 10 minutes (goal less than 6 minutes)  Goal:  To be able to get 4 circle sit stays in a row for one minute.   Remember that you can start at less duration.   Also you can warm up with sits and still sit stays if it gets your dog in the working mode.

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

  4. (NOTE:  WE DID NOT PRACTICE THIS ONE IN THE LESSON) Circle Place 5 plus minutes  Goal:  To be able to perform 4 circle places in a row for one minute.

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