Introduction | + |
Lesson 1 |
How to Use this Course |
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Lesson 2 |
Meet Sarah's Family |
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Lesson 3 |
What Your Puppy Will Learn |
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Lesson 4 |
16 Training Tips You Need |
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Lesson 5 |
Your Puppy is Unique |
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Week 1, 10 weeks old | - |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 1 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 2 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 3 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 4 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 5 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 6 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 7 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Recalls |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: 2-Toy Game, Tugging, Retrieving |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Conditioning Your Current Dogs to the Puppy |
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Lesson 11 |
Video: Following and Heeling |
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Lesson 12 |
Video: Platform |
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Lesson 13 |
Video: Socializing |
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Lesson 14 |
Video: Beginning It's Your Choice (IYC) |
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Lesson 15 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 2, 11 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 8 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 9 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 10 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Days 11-13 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 14 |
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Lesson 6 |
Video: Classically Conditioning Body Handling |
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Lesson 7 |
Video: Crate Games |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Shaping Travel Bag |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: In and On Boxes |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Circling |
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Lesson 11 |
Video: Troubleshooting Circling |
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Lesson 12 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 3, 12 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 15 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 16 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 17 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 18 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 19 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 20 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 21 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Waiting Your Turn |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Pivots |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Ready... Go! |
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Lesson 11 |
Video: Flatwork |
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Lesson 12 |
Summary And Homework |
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Week 4, 13 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 22 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 23 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 24 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 25 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 26 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 27 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 28 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Loose Leash Walking |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Backing Up |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Push Ups |
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Lesson 11 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 5, 14 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 29 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 30 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 31 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 32 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 33 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 34 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 35 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Tricks |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Hand Touches |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 6, 15 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 36 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 37 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 38 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 39 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 40 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 41 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 42 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Body Awareness |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Stays |
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Lesson 10 |
Video: Circling Part 2 |
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Lesson 11 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 7, 16 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 43 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 44 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 45 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 46-48 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 49 |
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Lesson 6 |
Video: Pivots Part 2 |
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Lesson 7 |
Video: Stays and It's Your Choice |
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Lesson 8 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 8, 17 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 50 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 51 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 52 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 53 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 54 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 55 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 56 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Pointing Game |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Teeter |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 9, 18 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 57 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 58 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 59 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 60 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 61 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 62 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 63 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Flatwork Part 2 |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Targets for Forward Focus |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 10, 19 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 64 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 65 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 66 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 67 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 68 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 69 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 70 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Foot Targets |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Playing in Class |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 11, 20 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 71 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 72 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 73 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 74 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 75 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 76 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 77 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Tunnels |
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Lesson 9 |
Summary and Homework |
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Weeks 12-14, 21-23 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 78 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 79 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 86 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 87 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 88 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 89 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 90 |
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Lesson 8 |
Notes: Day 91 |
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Lesson 9 |
Notes: Day 92 |
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Lesson 10 |
Notes: Day 93 |
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Lesson 11 |
Notes: Day 94 |
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Lesson 12 |
Notes: Day 95 |
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Lesson 13 |
Notes: Day 96 |
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Lesson 14 |
Notes: Day 97 |
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Lesson 15 |
Video: Tables |
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Lesson 16 |
Video: Circling Part 3 |
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Lesson 17 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 15, 24 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 98 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 99 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 100 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 101 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 102 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 103 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 104 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Sequencing |
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Lesson 9 |
Summary and Homework |
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Week 16, 25 weeks old | + |
Lesson 1 |
Notes: Day 105 |
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Lesson 2 |
Notes: Day 106 |
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Lesson 3 |
Notes: Day 107 |
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Lesson 4 |
Notes: Day 108 |
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Lesson 5 |
Notes: Day 109 |
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Lesson 6 |
Notes: Day 110 |
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Lesson 7 |
Notes: Day 111 |
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Lesson 8 |
Video: Directionals Part 1 |
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Lesson 9 |
Video: Directionals Part 2 |
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Lesson 10 |
Summary and Homework |
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Wrap Up | + |
Lesson 1 |
6 Month Summary |
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Lesson 2 |
Important Puppy Skills Recap |
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Lesson 3 |
Final Thoughts |
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Video Index | + |
Lesson 1 |
Video Index |
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Bonus | + |
Lesson 1 |
Webinar Replay |
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Lesson 2 |
May 2019 Q&A |
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Lesson 3 |
September 2019 Q&A |
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Lesson 4 |
November 2019 Q&A |
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Lesson 5 |
January 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 6 |
March 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 7 |
May 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 8 |
July 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 9 |
September 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 10 |
November 2020 Q&A |
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Lesson 11 |
February 2021 Q&A |
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Lesson 12 |
April 2021 Q&A |
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Lesson 13 |
Jump Cues |
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Lesson 14 |
July 2021 Q&A |
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I did the feeding to both one in an xpen and one out. They have progressed to where I can work sits and downs with them next to each other, my older dog who prefers to be an only dog is ok with that only because she is so focused on the food she basically ignores the fact that the puppy is next to her. I tried to get them to play in the same room with the puppy in the xpen and the other out. If the puppy knocks into the pen it scares the older dog and she runs to hide. I feel she is actually becoming less comfortable around the puppy as the puppy gets more active. Puppy is now 13 weeks and older dog is 9 1/2. I have been waiting for those razor puppy teeth to be gone to try to allow play without the pen involved. What ideas do you have for me?
You want to make sure you are not allowing the set backs like the puppy jumping on the pen. Make sure there are positive experiences only.
Hi Sarah–can a puppy be taught to play more nicely? My puppy (9 month-old mini American shepherd, who I got last week) seems to favor biting legs and bellies (not hard) and body slamming, while my older dog (8-year-old border collie mix) does the play bow and run away sort of thing. The older dog does not like the younger one’s play style at all (and I don’t blame her–it looks pretty annoying, and I worry that someone will get hurt). They are getting along well otherwise, and I am doing quite a lot of training with them together. I have never had two dogs!
Hi Janet,
Yes, dogs can definietly learn to adjust their play style. Both dogs are doing what is normal for their breeds but I agree that the aussie slamming can be dangerous. I would monitor the play, then when the puppy starts to get too rough, i would interrupt the play and direct her to a toy, or have her sit or down to get a treat and chill a moment before being released to play again. Really bad slams can be given a short time out. When she is playing nicely I would praise her. Also, if your bc mix will not hurt her, I would not get upset if she corrects the pup… Let me know how it goes!
OK. I will try this. I don’t think the bc mix will hurt him. She is a gentle soul. I wish she would stand up for herself a bit more, but I don’t want her to be unhappy. The puppy’s recall is coming along really well, but is not entirely reliable yet, so I hope I can make it work!
I hope it helps! You can have the pup drag a leash too.
Sarah I get my puppy next week. Here’s my dilemma. Ranger is great with puppies but for one thing, he bites their necks roughly. How do I stop this behavior without making him think he can’t play with the puppy??
I would encourage them both to hold toys. Praise him when he is good so he can learn what kind of play you like. If he bites too hard, direct him to a toy. You could also make her neck taste bad…
Those are good ideas! I like the taste thing too, great idea! Thank you!
You are very welcome!
We tried the spray and it worked on my friends puppy thanks again!
Great!
I have three Aussies. Summit(boy) age 12 Lira (girl) age 8 and now Vita (girl) 12 weeks. At first Lira was great with Vita (brought her home at 8 weeks) Playing, correcting and hanging out together. Now I feel like Vita is tormenting Lira. Lira will just stand there and take it until she gets her baby teeth on something that hurts her and has starting barking at her to get her to play. She eventually does but seems like I am putting her more and more in her expen to chill out! She now has starting barking at Summit (who sounds like Hops). I am keeping play sessions short and if she gets barking at Lira and more nippy she goes in the expen and usually passes out. I almost feel like I need to separate them more. Which does not make either happy. Any suggestions? Vita is also going nuts in her expen or crate if I am working the other dogs. I think I am expecting to much but if I have cookies in hand and she is in the crate as I play with lira she’s quiet. How to up the game?
I definitely remove the dog that is pestering another. You can try redirecting to a toy, do multiple recalls out of play for treats and to settle a moment before playing again, or sometimes a tie down, crate or xpen is needed. Puppies often become more obnoxious when they need a nap. Your puppy is also becoming a teenager so that often makes them peskier than young puppies.
If you want dogs to be quiet while you work other dogs that often takes LOTS of time and training. It took at least a year before I could do any agility with Hops while Skeptic stayed and even longer before I could sequence Hops with Skeptic staying quietly on his cot. You just have to slowly raise the length of time the puppy has to stay quiet while training the other dogs. It is also important to put her away when you cannot reward often enough so she does not rehearse the behaviors you do not want.
This is great information. Any additional examples are welcomed. My puppy is 12 weeks old now, we are a “gated community” and working very slowly. No incidence so far, a few snarling lips when puppy leaps onto the pen at the adults. Two was a much easier integration than 3 by the way.
I am glad you like the video. I agree that each additional dog is more difficult! Make sure to train a solid recall so you can call the puppy off other dogs.
Sarah, I am doing similar things to integrate my border collie puppy with my two adult schnauzers. We treat for looking at puppy, we have encouraged play through x-pens, we have done kibble searches on the patio (so they are loose together but not fixating on each other), we have done leashed walks together (me with puppy, my husband with an adult dog). Other ideas to encourage peaceful integration? It’s been six weeks and we are not at the point where I feel safe letting them loose in the house together. I am taking things slow and letting puppy grown and gain confidence. I don’t want a history of conflict.
Go as slow as you need to. Muzzle training Hops was one of the best things we did. That way everyone could be out and there were no potential injuries.
Doing group training is good too. Everyone is out (using whatever management is needed) and everyone takes turns doing things for treats.
If the puppy does not mind, it really helped Dillon when we taught him to touch Hops for cookies. His mindset about the new puppy totally changed.
Keep training and keep managing when you cannot train. Have things improved?
Things have continued to improve and there have been no incidents. I am just looking for next steps so we can continue to work towards total integration. Puppy is reaching the point where she will be bigger than the adult dogs very soon.
I am so glad things are improving. You are on the right track! Having puppy keep a toy in his mouth can help.
How much do you allow and/or encourage play between the puppy and a resident dog who likes playing with the puppy, assuming that both parties are enjoying the play, reading each others’ body language, and taking breaks? I struggle with how to balance the fact that I want my dogs to play together and the idea that I also want to make sure my puppy thinks I am fun to play with. I do spend time playing and training with each dog separately, but I want to make sure that’s enough, and that their play seems appropriate.
Here is a short video of their play:
https://youtu.be/1voxHXYQXI4
If the play is as you described and showed in the video then I would not be concerned about putting much of a limit on it. There are conditions I would limit it though. For example if my puppy played so much he was too tired to play with me, or if they no longer took breaks on their own, or if one dog no longer wanted to play. I would also use their play as distractions for training. Can you recall out of play? When they come can they sit? Can they down? Try using releasing to play again as the reward. The more you use “life” rewards the easier it is to wean off of food.