Week 2 (1) Name/Attention, (2) Lured Sit, (3) Lured Down, (4) Leave It


EXERCISE 1  Their Name Meaning Attention to You in Distractions:

NOTE:  THE FIRST FOUR EXERCISES CAN BE DONE IN A LURING SESSION BY ROTATING THEM.  IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH ONE, YOU CAN SEPERATE THAT OUT FOR ANOTHER SESSION LATER.


STEP 1:  Your puppy should be on their 6' lead and a collar.
STEP 2:   Be sure you are prepared with  kibble in your hand  BEFORE giving a command.
STEP 3:  Say your puppy's name.
STEP 4A:   Immediately upon your dog looking into your face (and not glancing immediately away), say your release word "yes" and deliver the food reward as you release them.
STEP 4B:   If they do not look to you, first try calling their name again.   Give them a few seconds in between so you aren't just rapidly firing off their name.   If they are just really enamored of something other than you, you could try to gently tug on their leash and see if they will turn.   You could also try to make a silly noise after you say their name.   Usually though, once they know what the deal is with the food reward, it does not take more than three times to get them to look at you.
STEP 5:   You can either repeat this exercise from STEP 1 or start doing a sit or down rep (as described below).

Repeat for approx 10-15 repetitions.   If it becomes too easy for them in a distraction, you can start putting toys around her ET to ensure they gets distracted.   The first week is usually very light on distractions around the puppy though.

EXERCISE 2  Lured Sit: (remember we don't say the command sit at this point until her bum hits the ground and her two front feet are also on the ground)

STEP 1:  Take the treat and hold it right up to their nose (do not snatch it away if they jump or keep it far from their nose).
STEP 2:  Then you move the treat past their head and over their rump area.    Make sure they follows your hand and that you do not move it too quickly.
STEP 3:   Once their bum is on the floor and their two front feet are also on the floor, give them the food reward and say "sit".

Repeat for approx 10-15 repetitions each session.

EXERCISE 3  Lured Down:

STEP 1:  Start your puppy off in the sit position.
STEP 2: Holding the treat in front of their nose, move your hand down to the floor (slowly make sure the nose is following, and then on the ground away from her).   If it does not work the first time, you can just set your puppy up and begin again.   Remember to move the treat slowly and near your puppy's nose.   You want your puppy's nose following your hand and the treat into position.   If  your puppy has a real hard time with this, you can warm her up or just do the luring under your bent leg on the floor for the down at first.
STEP 3:   Once the puppy is in a down position, give her the food reward as you say down.

Repeat for approx 10-15 repetitions each session.

EXERCISE 4 Leave It:

Equipment Needed: 6’ Leash, Training Collar, and Food Reward  

Explanation and Goal of Exercises: This begins to teach your dog to leave something or someone alone. This is important as later on your dog could be interested in something dangerous to themselves. The goal of this exercises is to start the process and understanding of the “Leave It” command. 

STEP 1: First have your dog on leash and collar so they do not wander off. 

STEP 2: Take a food reward and put it in your closed fist. 

STEP 3: Present your fist to the dog but not all the way up to their nose. 

STEP 4: Say “leave it”. If they are at your hand already do not snatch your hand away. Snatching your hand away ends up having the dog go after your hand in an unpleasant way later on. 

 

STEP 5A: If they leave your hand alone, say the release word, “Yes”, as you open your hand for the dog to take the food reward. 

STEP 5B: If they are licking, gnawing, or pawing your hand or in any way trying to the treat, wait it out until they back off and stay off.  When they do that, say the release word, “Yes”, and open your hand to give them the food reward. 

STEP 6: Repeat this for 15 repetitions with the goal in mind to get 3 sets of 4 in a row easily. 

AFTER THIS: The next step will be to use the directions, but with your hand open at first. The other difference will be that you will close up your hand if the dog attempts to get it but you have not given the release word, “Yes” 

 

 



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