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Unit 4 Intro

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Unit 4 Video

   Module 1

2-Patience Training

 

  • Patience Training: Have students tie dogs to a stationary object.

    • -  A double knot is necessary

    • -  No one should unclip the leash from the collar to loop the leash

    • -  Give dog enough room to get comfortable, without being able to

      socialize

    • -  Object that the dog is tied to should not be able to move, there

      shouldn’t be a ledge the dog could jump over (strangulation) 

    • -  Note the reaction of the dogs when everyone is in view versus everyone hiding around a corner out of sight – this will test for separation anxiety

    • -  Have students praise their dog if they were quiet and not bouncing around

    • -  Benefits: creates a more confident and independent dog. Teaches them that you will return, reduces separation anxiety though repetition (can have clients tie their dog up inside or outside, within sight at first and then out of sight for separation anxiety – if applicable) 

1b-Sit

 

  • Teaching Sit

    Have students draw up on leash – critique their body position and exact movement

    - Stop with your feet shoulder width apart (to keep your stance stable and strong)

    - Take the leash with your palm facing downward and as you draw your elbow close into your body rotate your palm to face upward – keeping your arm at a 90-degree angle

    - Be sure to bring the dog into you so it sits beside you, not wherever it wants to. Relax the leash as the bum starts to sit/go down

    • Remind students that they are being micro-critiqued and that they will not break this exercise down to this degree with their clients.

    • Explain what not to do: fish, step towards dog, disco, too much leash 

1c-Stay

 

Stay: Having a dog in a sit beside you is the very start of a sit stay

  • Basic squaring off with hand signal and voice (Have

    students practice verbal command while doing exercise)

    • -  Get the dog into a sit by drawing up on the leash

    • -  With the foot that is closest to the dog, pivot on the

      ball of your foot so you are facing the dog

    • -  Square off to the dog by keeping your feet shoulder width apart, your shoulders back and your head tall

    • -  Throw your hand out quickly toward the dog ***NOT ‘in the dog’s face’, students may NOT say this

    • -  Back away with purpose

    • -  Build time up to 3min and then increase the distance

    • -  Time & distance cannot be increased on the same rep

    • -  If the dog breaks then place them back in the same

      spot they broke from and decrease the distance on the next rep

Unit 4 Video

   Module 3

3a-Controlled Intersection Crossing

 

Controlled Intersections

  • -  3 quick on and off

  • -  Show how to properly press the pedestrian button;

    Same as holding leash tight behind you like when crossing between parked cars) – keep dog SAFE 

3b-Uncontrolled 

Intersection Crossing

 

 

 

Crossing roads @ Uncontrolled Intersections

  • -  Safety is very important

  • -  Look & Listen!

  • -  Make eye contact with drivers

  • -  Use hand signals with drivers to tell them to stop or go

  • -  Have the dog sit far away from the curb (length of dog plus

    length of the leash – just in case the dog was to pull, use a dog to give exact example ex: 2 feet of leash, 3 feet of dog body, need to be at the very least 5 feet away from the curb)

  • -  Stay between white lines (if they are there)

  • -  Do not hesitate when entering or exiting the road

  • -  Dog always needs to be on the side away from flowing traffic

    (away from the middle of the intersection) 

 

• 3 quick on, 3 quick off:

  • Exercises:

    • -  Explain why to take 3 quick steps onto the road and 3 quick steps off of the road (to focus the dog’s attention on you through quick movements

    • -  3steps ONLY, not 5 or 6 steps

    • 3rd step off needs to land on the curb, they will need to take a couple extra quick steps to clear the dog off of the road

    • -  The pace of the dog needs to change between the 3 quick on, walk, then 3 quick off, it should not be trotting the whole way, that defeats the purpose

    • • Changing paces: Give scenarios when these may apply

    • -  Slow (slower than their normal pace, can limp if needed)

    • -  Medium (normal pace)

    • -  Fast (jogging) 

Unit 4 Video

   Module 4

 

  • Change of Direction – ABCs

    • Have students do quick change of directions and drape leash over their hand to show their progress. Repeat 3-5 times so the majority of the dogs are no longer pulling.

    • Then have them draw out the alphabet or numbers – have each student put their dog on umbilical and draw out A, B, C, D or their phone number approximately 10ft by 10ft per letter/number. 

    • With the students now paying more attention to what they’re doing and not how they need to control their dog the dogs will start to pull again because they see that their owner is not paying as much attention to them.

    • Just another example of how dogs capitalize on our lack of attention – consistency! 

Urban Agility

Up and over a picnic table. Watch the variety of methods in these videos to understand how to create and build simple confidence.

Picnic Table fun. Fun is the key word, get creative and make it enjoyable once the dog has found the struggles of learning easy and filled with confidence.

Adding a pause or a sit on top of the picnic table.

Read Chapter 10, Read Chapter 9, and Chapter 8.

BRAD PATTISON ONLINE DOG TRAINING CERTIFICATION COURSE

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