Some dogs are natural retrievers, but if your dog isn’t and you would like to train a great retrieve for a competition or service dog, there are several ways of training this. I like to start by targeting an object. (See Clicker Lesson #3: Hand Touch). The following is a 6 week plan to start [...]
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You can teach your dog to be a service dog; open and close doors, drawers, turn on or off light switches, push in the chair – the possibilities are endless. In order to work on this lesson your dog should already be good at the hand touch, so now: Stick a post it or piece of [...] This lesson covers teaching your dog to target a moving object. It is a helpful step towards teaching a dog to heel or walk on a loose leash using clicker training. [...] Dominance and coercion versus rewards in dog training (from LiveScience.com): “…many dog trainers and behavior experts criticize [the 'Dog Whisperer'], advocating a gentler approach to training that replaces coercion and physical behavior corrections with food rewards and other forms of positive reinforcement. They point to new studies that have placed the two popular dog-training [...] Fly doing a hand touch HAND TARGET: Lets get the dog to do something. How about touch your hand with his nose? Teaching your dog to touch something with his nose can be really really helpful and is a must for all service dogs. 1. Flash your empty hand a few inches in front of your [...] This is an introduction to some clicker training [...] Would you believe you don’t need a clicker to clicker [...] |
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