Monday, May 31, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
ZEN: Step 1
The dog moves off a treat held in the trainer's hand, trainer is seated.
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Teach Step 1 again while you're standing up.
Take a few minutes to consider
- how you can use it
- where you can use it
- who can get the behaviour from your dog
- what you can change about it to make it more useful to you
This will be the final part of every Step in every Behaviour in this book
ZEN: Step 2
Dog stays away from the treat in a closed hand for 5 seconds.
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Teach Step 2 again in another room. The more different ways you teach your dog something, the better he'll be at it.
When he understands, put yur cue back on, and then test him again.
ZEN: Step 3
The dog stays away from the treat in the trainer's OPEN hand for 5 seconds.
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Again, change omething important about what you're teaching him. Its time to find someone else to teach your dog about Hand Zen.
When you think he's ready, test it.
If he doesn't pass, keep working.
ZEN: Step 4
The dog moves away from a treat in his dog dish held in your hand.
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Instead of a single treat, teach him Dish Zen with his breakfast or dinner in it.
When he's ready, put your cue back on and try it cold.
ZEN: Step 5
The Real World.
- work with different treats in different places
- show other people how to teach him
- when he understands the idea, show younger and younger children how to teach him
- when you see a problem developing, take the time to teach the dog.
- Pill zen, good Leather Shoe Zen, Pop Can Zen - the more you teach and use Zen, the fadter and more thoroughly it will become a way of life for your dog
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
COME: Step 1
The dog looks for treats at people's feet.
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Practice looking for a lost treat on a rug. (See Step)
COME: Step 2
The dog runs between 2 people standing 10' apart.
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Re-teach from the beginning in another place.
COME: Step 3
The dog plays the Come Game between two people standing 10' apart.
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Touch his collar when he is wearing it.
COME: Step 4
The dog pays the Come Game between two people 20' apart.
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WHEN can you use it?
- call him when something good is going to happen
WHAT can you change?
- go up and down stairs
- go inside and outside
WHO can get the behaviour from your dog?
- play with more people
- play with total strangers
- young people and old people
- play by yourself
HOW can you introduce a new idea about Come to him to make it more useful?
- check in at the dog park
- let him play until he is getting tired, then call him when he is ready to come anyway
- call him just BEFORE he is thinking of coming anyway
Monday, May 3, 2010
TARGET: Step 1
The dog touches your hands with his nose.
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When you are seated.
When you are standing.
TARGET: Step 2
The dog reaches high and low to Touch your hand.
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Add a Distraction
With another person in the room.
TARGET: Step 4
The dog Targets your hand twice to get 1 treat.
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Work through all 4 Steps once again
only this time, teach him to touch your foot.
TARGET: Step 5
Practise with more hands, more treats, more things.
Cueing Touch, cue her to step onto something (vet scale)
Use Touch to move him around inside the car, to turn him around on a grooming table or in the tub.
Teach Left and Right.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
SIT: Step 1
The dog sits with the leash off.
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Repeat in a place in your training room that you haven't worked in before.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
DOWN: Step 1
Dog lies down with leash off.
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Re-teach the down in the same room in a different place.
Facing a different direction.
DOWN: Step 2
The dog Downs on a handsignal only.
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Teach him to Down on a handsignal in a different room.
DOWN: Step 3
c The dog Downs while you're sitting. Standing
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c Ask for a Down with no treats on you.
DOWN: Step 5
c Play with the behavior.
Have the dog Down just as you had him sit for things that he wants.
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