Car Socialization and Exposure
Socializing your puppy to the sight and sounds of cars and traffic is really important whether you live in the city or countryside.
The Treats Game
Sometimes you need to interrupt what your dog is doing because it’s something you don't want them to practice, it’s escalating a situation or may even be dangerous.
Teaching a positive interrupter
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There will be times when your dog gets into activities that you don’t want them doing.
Managing noise reactivity in these ways will support your dog and set them up for success.
Scatter Recalls (intro to recall)
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In this tutorial you are going to learn a fun game to kickstart your puppy’s recall training.
Once you have taught your dog a recall cue you will want to practice with each member of the family. A fun game you can play is called Ping Pong.
Once you have taught your dog to target your hand with their nose it can become an excellent alternative to your usual recall.
Over-reaction is usually driven by an emotional response to something in the environment.
Why Reactivity is Hard for Us Page 1
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You may never have even thought about reactivity before you got this dog, but now when your dog starts reacting, you find yourself reacting too!
Reactivity to Visitors using Food Page 1
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When it comes to working with reactivity around visitors, you’ll want to combine management with positive training.
Multi Dog Household-Managing Intra Reactivity
In order to build a happy home life with your dogs you will want to prevent altercations and generally lower your dogs’ arousal levels, while you work on building new associations and appropriate behaviors.
