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Puppy to Pro: Training Fundamentals

Course
104 Lessons

A comprehensive guide to your dog's early training stages. Lifeskills that give you and your young dog everything you need to create the ultimate team! This course is perfect for puppies, juveniles, adolescent dogs and rescue dogs needing the basics

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Welcome

A message from your instructors

Preview

Getting To Know Your Dog

Your dog's ancestry

How dog's learn

Finding your dog's motivation

Setting Your Dog Up For Success

Barriers and gates

Puppy proofing (video a)

Puppy proofing (video b)

Puppy proofing (video c)

The importance of enrichment

The importance of chews

Dealing with mouthy/ bitey puppies

Lets get started

Your training journey starts here!

Establishing a marker word

Using a clicker

Practice times

Proofing

Scentwork - "Find It"

Attention/ Name Recognition

Introduction - What is attention and why is it so important?

Stage 1 - Looking in my direction

Stage 2 - Direct eye contact

Stage 3 - Adding distractions using food

Stage 4 - Adding the name of the dog

Confidence and Resilience

Cone exercise - A fun husbandry game

Confidence around novelty and introducing the lead (video a)

Confidence around novelty and introducing the lead (video b)

Confidence around novelty and introducing the lead (video c)

Bucket game

Increasing resilience

Intro

Teaching a Sit

Stage 1 - Luring a sit

Stage 2- Adding a cue

Stage 3 - Fading the lure

Stage 4 - Putting the skill to the test (using the verbal cue only)

Teaching a Down

Introduction - Why do we teach a down and what are the benefits?

Stage 1 - Luring the down

Stage 2 - Adding a cue

Stage 3 - Increasing height

Stage 4 - Reward from opposite hand

Stage 5 - Verbal cue and hand signal

Stage 6 - Standing upright

Alternative ways of teaching Down - Slicing the behaviour

Alternative ways of teaching Down - Luring under the leg

Teaching a Leave

Introduction - What is a leave and why is it so important?

Stage 1 -Leaving an item at height (with cue)

Stage 2 - Leaving item (tissue) on hand on the floor

Stage 3 - Leaving an item on the floor

Stage 4 - Approaching the item on the floor

Stage 5 - Walk past the item

Stage 6 - Neaten up the process

Teaching a Bed Settle

Introduction - What is bed settle and why is it so important?

Stage 1 - All four paws on the floor

Stage 2 - Luring dog onto the bed

Stage 3 - Adding a cue

Stage 4 - Getting the dog into a down position

Stage 5 - Fade the lure

Stage 6 - Increasing distance with hand signal

Stage 7 - Good girl good boy

Look At That (LAT) Training

Introduction - What is LAT training and why do we want to use it with our dogs?

Stage 1 - Eye contact on an item

Stage 2 - Adding variety of where the item is presented

Stage 3 - Transferring the skill onto a person

Stage 4 - Fine tuning the skill to the dog indicating on something

Stage 5 - Practicing LAT with people out on a walk

Stage 6 - Practicing LAT with a dog (calmly watching a dog)

Teaching your dog to walk on a loose lead

Introduction - What is Loose lead walking and why is it so important?

Stage 1 - Loose lead = good things

Stage 2 - Adding movement backwards

Stage 3 - Taking a step - Introducing a side for the dog to walk on

Stage 4 - Increasing the steps with your dog at your side

Stage 5 - Starting to walk forwards

Stage 6 - Repeating the exercises in the real world

Stage 7 - Starting walking in a straight line (making loose lead more like real life)

Stage 8 - Moving into an area that simulates the pavement

Stage 9 - Adding a distraction (person) - video a

Stage 9 - Adding a distraction (person) - video b

Stage 10 - Adding a distraction (food)

Stage 11 - Yes Vs Good (video a)

Stage 11 - Yes Vs Good (video b)

Stage 12 - Real life loose lead walking (video a)

Stage 12 - Real life loose lead walking (video b)

Teaching a Touch

Stage 1 - Button hands

Stage 2 - Nose target to single hand

Stage 3 - Add a cue

Stage 4 - Adding distance to the touch

Teaching your dog a release cue and wait

Introduction - What is a wait and why is it important?

Stage 1 - Introducing the cue

Stage 2 - Adding duration and movement

Stage 3 - Increasing distance

Stage 4 - Releasing from distance

Stage 5 - Working at distance

Teaching your dog a drop and enough

Drop, Step 1 - Exchanging a toy for food

Drop, Step 2 - Adding a cue

Drop, Step 3 - Cue only

How to teach Enough

Additional Training - Crate Training

Crate Intro

Crate Stage 1

Crate Stage 2

Crate Stage 3

Crate Stage 4

Crate Stage 5

Crate Stage 6

Crate Stage 7

Crate Stage 8

Congratulations, you've completed the course!

Course recap