Put Your Dog’s Nose to Work – Great Fun

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The scent discrimination work at our school begins in Levels 3 and 4 with dog’s finding treats inside  identical metal boxes. Later the dogs identify boxes their owners have touched among the other boxes.  Later the training moves to metal, wood, leather and cotton items.

Give Your Dog A Job – UK Study Lists The Naughtiest Breeds

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This entertaining report created by dog trainer Graeme Hall lists the five naughtiest dog breeds – dogs most in need of training, exercise and guidance from their families.

Let us help you keep your dog off the ‘naughty’ list.

The UK information came from a survey by the GoodMove, a home buying company in the United Kingdom, among its clients. How would you rate your dog?  What breed would you put at the top of the naughty list?

All dogs need jobs to do, and if one doesn’t create the job for their dog, the dog most likely will create the dog’s own – often one we don’t want.

Their ranking had Labs, Border Collies and Beagles at the top of their list. Read the article to find the other two.

 

The “get it” game

Take advantage of the dog’s prey instinct – to chase. We encourage the dog to chase as a game with the dog eagerly coming back to us for more.  We want that eagerness on the dog’s part as an essential element of coming when called. This ‘get it’ game is part of the motivation lesson in week 4 of Puppy Kindergarten and week five in Level 1.

‘Leave it’ – highly useful lesson

'Leave it'At this holiday season there surely are lots of things in the house one wants to have the dog leave alone.  Curbing a dog’s counter surfing is a common goal. One can teach the ‘Leave it’ command as a follow-on to the ‘Stay’ exercise.  This is one of the lessons in our beginning courses. You can apply that command to the leaving things on the table, as we are doing with this Dobe to curb his table surfing.