Dog Trick of the Day

2/16/12

Ring a Bell:

1.Put some bells on the floor and click and treat your dog when it sniffs them (you can use the word Touch if he/she knows what Touch means.

2.Delay the click and wait for her to touch harder or mouth them before you click and treat.

3.Work at this until he/she's ringing the bell with purpose.

4.Hang the bells next to the door and repeat the above steps until he/she is ringing them reliably.

5.Gradually increase the distance he/she must travel to touch the bells.

6.Verbally label ringing the bells, Bells.

7.Yea, you taught your dog Ring a Bell!

Dog Trick of the Day

2/9/12

Go Get Your Leash:


1.  Hold the leash out and ask your dog to take it.  Click and treat the exact moment he puts it in his mouth.


2.  Back up a step and see if he will follow you; click and treat him for moving with the leash in his mouth.


3.  Put the leash on the floor and tell him to Take It.  As soon as he picks it up,  click and treat.


4.  Put the leash on the floor but don't click and treat until he takes it and takes several steps toward you.


5.  Put the leash in various places at various distances and repeat.  Click and treat for taking it under these new circumstances.


6.  Gradually move the leash to where your dog can expect to find it and click and treat him for going to that spot.


7.  Replace the Take It cue with Leash, by saying the new cue Leash right before the old cue.  Gradually fade Take It so that your dog  perform the behavior on the new cue.


8.  Well done, you've taught your dog Go Get Your Leash.

Rally

Today, I went to a rally show and I did really well,but before I tell you what I got I want to tell you something about going to dog shows.  When you got to a dog show you may think you're going to do great,because your dog did great at home.  When you go to a dog show it's a different place and your dog will probably get nervous like my dog Diva does,so don't get discouraged if they don't do as well as you thought they would,but sometimes you might do a wonderful job on your first try.    When it comes to dog showing you can only do what you think is right and hope your dog does what you want.  Sometimes though it's the other way around your dog might be doing everything you want him/her to do,but what you wanted to do was not right,so that's why the saying"Praise the dog,SLAP the handler"is probably my favorite,because it's true.  I've been wrong lots of times.  Now i'm going to tell you how well I did are you ready I hope you are!  All you have to do is read the next sentence!  Here we go...Diva and I got 1st place in Novice A with a score of 192, we got Best Junior,$20 off my next ASCOT Rally shows, and a gas gift card!  Yes, I did that awesome, but there is something funny about this.  Three weeks ago I went to a rally show and did not do as well as I thought I would.  Diva was performing perfectly at home,she even was doing everything off leash,but when she stepped foot in the show building she got all nervous.  When she got nervous all she did was sniff,so when we got in the ring I had no attention what so ever.  This weekend though I did wonderful!  That means if your dog does bad at one show don't give up on them keep on practicing and you'll be ready for the next show!

Dog Trick of the Day

2/5/12

Jump Through Hoop:


1.Get a hula-hoop and stand it up vertically and wait for your dog to put a paw in the hoop.  Click and Treat when done.


2.Repeat step 1 until your dog knows what you want has something to do with the hoop.


3.Wait for your dog to put 2 feet in the hoop.  Do this 10 times.  Click and treat when done correctly each time.


4.Wait for your dog to put feet in the hoop.  Do this 10 times.  Click and treat when done.


5.Wait for your dog to put all of their feet in the hoop.  Do this 10 times.  Click and treat when done.


6.Raise the hoop a little off the ground.  If your dog already knows jump say jump with it.  Click and treat when done.


7.Repeat step 6 until your dog is jumping through the hoop constantly.


8.If your dog doesn't know what jump means go to 2/3/12.  Look for my Trick of the Day There it will tell you how to teach your dog to jump.


9.Raise the hoop a little higher off the ground and get your dog to jump through the hoop 10 times before raising it more.  When it's an inch under what your dog normally jumps that is where you stop.


10.Well done,you've taught your dog jump through hoop!








Remember to take breaks when you train your dog,because your dog will get bored and just quit.

Rally Show

Today Diva and Annie went to a rally show.  They both did really well.  Annie got a Q with 187 points in excellence.  Diva got a Q with 174 points and a Best Junior Ribbon.

Dog Trick of the Day

2/4/12   






Heel:


1.Start walking and jerk on leash when dog pulls.  When your dog gets beside you and doesn't pull click and treat.  Click and treat after every 3 steps.


2.Repeat step 1 until your dog is staying at your side and walking. 


3.Reduce your clicking and treating to every 6 steps.  Go on from their and reduce the amount of times you click and treat until you only click and treat once.


4.Repeat step 3 until your dog understands that you want them to walk by your side.


5.Start giving heel it's name.  Click and treat when dog starts to heel with you.


6.Repeat step 5 until your dog knows that heel means to heel.


7.Well done,you've taught your dog heel!






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Dog Trick of the Day

2/3/13

Jump:

1.Get a bar and wait for your dog to walk across it by sitting on the other side of the bar.  Click and treat when done.

2.Repeat step 1 until your dog is walking across the bar constantly.

3.Raise the bar a little off the ground and wait for your dog to jump across it if it's small or walk across it if it's big.  It depends on the height of your dog on how high your dog will jump,so i'd search on the web for somewhere that tells you how tall your dog is is how high your dog will jump.  Click and treat when dog jumps/walks across the bar.

4.Repeat step 3 until your dog is constantly walking/jumping across the bar.

5.Start giving jump it's name.  Click and treat when dog walks/jumps across bar when told to do so.

6.Repeat step 5 until dog knows that jump means to jump.

7.Raise the bar depending on dog height and repeat until dog is constantly jumping across bar.

8.Good job,you've taught your dog jump!

Lazy Girl

Annie's so lazy!  She barely ever gets up from my mom's chair.  Annie sits in my mom's chair everyday behind my mom.  Annie will push on my mom when she wants to get up.

Dog Trick of the Day

2/2/12

Feet in the box:

1.Get a box that is bigger then you dog and wait for your dog to look at it.  Click and treat when done.

2.Repeat step 1 till your dog understands what you want has something to do with the box.

3.Wait for your dog to touch the box.  Click and treat when done.

4.Repeat step 3 till your dog is constantly touching the box.

5.Wait for your dog to put a paw in the box.  Click and treat when done.

6.Repeat step 5 till your dog is constantly putting a paw out of the box (make sure you get your dog out of the box before you do it again).

7.Wait for your dog to put their front paws in the box.  Click and treat when done.

8.Repeat step 7 till your dog is doing it constantly.

9.Wait for your dog to get 3 legs in the box.  Click and treat when done.

10.Repeat step 9 till dog is doing it constantly.

11.Wait for your dog to get all their feet in the box.  Click and treat when done correctly.

12.Repeat step 11 till your dog is doing it constantly.

13.Start giving feet in the box its name.  Click and treat when dog does it correctly.

14.Repeat step 13 till your dog knows what feet in the box means.

15.Start making your box smaller till it's as small as a bowl.

16.Repeat step 15 till your dog is doing it constantly.

17.Well done,you've taught your dog feet in the box.

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Dog Trick of the Day

2/1/12 

Touch:


1.Get a Frisbee and click and treat every time you  dog looks at it.


2.Repeat step 1 till your dog is starting to understand what you want has something to do with the Frisbee.


3.Only click and treat when your dog touches it.


4.Repeat step 3 till tour dog is touching it constantly.


5.Start giving touch its name.


6.Soon your dog will understand touch means to touch whatever you're using.


7.Get your dog to do this with various items to where whenever you say touch your dog touches the item in front of him/her.


8.Well done,you've taught your dog touch!