Imagine you work in an office, and you are nervous of your boss. You hear them coming down the corridor and you feel yourself getting stressed.
One way to teach ‘Look at That’ is with a neutral object. Choose a toy they are not excited by or any small object that you can hold in one hand.
Teaching your dog to automatically disengage from distractions in the environment and focus on you instead is a brilliant skill for adolescent dogs
If your dog struggles to remain calm around people you meet in the street, you’ll want to be proactive in handling this situation.
Look at That is a powerful game that allows you and your dog to have a “conversation” about what is going on in the environment and helps them to process it
Teaching your dog to move to a particular spot-on cue is a useful behavior when it comes to bringing visitors into the home, answering the door, collecting the mail, and more.
There will be times when you would like your dog to move to their bed and settle calmly for a longer period.
Scanning the environment and looking for things that your dog might get over excited by or worried about helps you to take preventative action before things escalate
This is where you start off walking in one direction before prompting your dog to turn 180° and walk with you in the opposite direction
When you are walking with your dog there may be times that you notice something moving towards you that your dog will struggle to walk past calmly.
Having a strategy to give your dog more space is important.
Arc by Approaching Distractions
When you are walking your dog, there will be times you notice distractions approaching you head on.
