By: Robin Sockness
My Best Byddy
In order to get your puppy
to respond here, there and everywhere, you need to train here, there and
everywhere. With total integration, your
puppy should see no difference between playing and training. Fun times will
have structure and training will be fun.
- Train him in small sessions, perhaps fifty a day, for a few seconds each. The secret is to totally integrate training into your puppy’s lifestyle, and into your lifestyle.
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Integrate short
training interludes (quick sits and releases) into your puppy’s walks and off
leash play. Each quick sit is immediately reinforced by allowing the dog to
resume walking or playing—the very best rewards in domestic dogdom.
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Integrate short
training interludes into every enjoyable doggy activity—riding in the car,
watching you fix their dinner, lying on the couch, and playing doggy games. For
example, have your dog sit before you throw a tennis ball and before you take
it back. Progressively increase the length of sit stay with each repetition.
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Insert short
training sessions before all your puppy’s enjoyable activities. For example,
ask the pup to lie down and rollover for a tummy rub, or to lie down and stay a
while before invited for a struggle on the couch. Have it sit before you put it
on leash, before you open the door, before you tell it to jump in the car,
before you allow it to get out of the car, and before you let it off leash. And
be sure to have it sit for its supper.
- Watching television offers a wonderful training opportunity. Put your puppy’s bed plus a couple of stuffed Kongs in front of the television. During the program it is easy to keep an eye on your puppy as it settles down, and commercial breaks are an ideal time for short training interludes. Alternatively, have your puppy settle down while you’re on the computer and then periodically have a short training session of a few seconds with your puppy.
- Every time you open the refrigerator, make a cup of coffee, read a page of the newspaper, or send an email call your puppy for puppy pushups/sit/stay, etc. This way you can train your puppy over 50 times a day without changing your normal lifestyle.
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