Hera and I have some trouble with the focussed heel command: Mainly, she will move her head away with the slightest distraction, even inside the house. I cannot make the room 100% quiet, so am looking for additional tips on how to keep her head high when doing a heel.

I've been training service dogs, but I'm going to be done with that in June when my last dog matches with her handler. As much as I loved that part of my life, I'm tired of training dogs for others. I'd really like to get into AKC Obedience/Rally, and I'm looking for a breed that takes to that sort of thing but does not shed or sheds minimally. Obviously, I'm considering poodles, but does anyone have any other breeds they'd recommend.

I have a 1 year old Border Collie - Aussie mix (hes half half) and im just starting to do agility with him in our backyard with a little kit i have with some weave poles and a jumping hurdle etc.

He seems so incredibly uninterested in it, ESPECIALLY in the weave poles. When I did the weave poles with him a few months ago (he was probably 6/7 months?), he was much more interested and hopping around with excitement. Does anyone have tips on how to build up engagement and excitement? Or is this normal for a dog at the beginning of agility?

Hello, and thank you to anyone that might be reading my post. I have a 9yr old flat coat retriever that is behaving badly the last week. My girl Jayne won't poop outside anymore she only poops in the house in one spot. I literally have to drag her out of the house to make her go outside, even then she won't go on the grass. I have 3 other dogs that don't have a issue going outside, only Jayne. Before this happened she was a fully trained outdoor potty dog. But now she shakes if she steps on the grass. I have no idea what's going on. I own my house with a yard, I have a fence, I clean up after my other dogs so no one is stepping on other poops.

She acts funny cause when she poops in the house she becomes happy and runs around like trying to show us she pooped.

I'm literally at my witts end.

What do I do?

So i was looking for an ebook on dog training earlier and I came across this one (link below), it was FREE and the content was great on teaching me how to train my dog in different ways (potty, commands etc), I highly recommend you download it. Let me know what you guys think!

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Has anyone here gone through the ABC program for their training? Pros and cons? Any advice? Things you would have done differently? How does it benefit your career/ personal life today?

Short version of my 2 yr old baby. We got him when he was 6 weeks and yes I know now that he should have been with the rest for 2 more weeks. Live and learn. Anyways, he has always been and still is so nervous around people and other dogs. I research and it said to socialize him. Well we live in the country and I worked an hour away from home so that was really hard to do. On the weekends we would get him around people and other dogs and even to this day, he acts a fool around others. It’s so embarrassing and very hard to handle him on the leash since he acts like he wants to eat everyone up. We have an RV and I have finally made this summer where I can spend a lot of my summer camping but it’s not going to be fun with his issues. Before he was 1 we noticed that it was mainly kids and women that he reacted to the worst. We were told after that, that the home he came from, the mom and children were really mean to the puppies. Not sure if it’s true or not but this is our 3rd shepherd and the other 2 were not like this at all.

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• Hold the toy out to your dog in your outstretched palm and ask her to “hold.” if your dog takes the toy click/praise and treats. If she doesn’t take the toy that’s ok, just practice the above “hold” skills a little more.
• When your dog is successfully taking the toy from your outstretched hand place the toy on the floor in front of her. Ask your dog to “hold” the toy and when she picks it up immediately praise/click. This is where having gone slowly with building understanding with your “hold” cue will really pay off with your dog being able to generalize the skill to a new location. At this point, you can start to introduce your new verbal cue like “get it” or “fetch.”
• When your dog has been consistently successful picking up and holding the toy, start moving the toy slightly further away from you. Start with the toy right next to you
• Start to very slowly increase the difficulty/distance away from you the toy starts just a few inches at a time. The goal is to break down the retrieve into very small behaviors so your dog can be successful instead of starting with the toy next to you and immediately moving it across your yard (which will be too much for a dog just learning the skill.)
• Continue increasing the distance you ask your dog to go to get the toy. As your dog gains understanding in the game, you can begin to alternate between asking your dog to get a toy that you have placed away from you and throwing the toy. It’s a good idea to also vary the toy you are asking your dog to fetch so practice with balls, plush toys, rope toys etc.
• By continuing to build distance very slowly and keeping your dog’s rewards very high value, you will be building a lot of value in the hold/retrieve game.

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- Not only was the dog going to learn. As a pet owner you may not be familiar with certain basics of dog training. We explain some:

- Establish routines: Fundamental. To guarantee their peace of mind, you must establish a schedule for walks and meals. It should always be done very little by little to ensure your well-being.

- Define what the dog will be able to do and what not: It is very common that as a puppy you allow it to do certain things. From a young age define what he can do because after he grows up you will confuse him

- Everyone equally: The rules placed on your puppy must be followed by all people who have contact with the puppy

- Affective bond: Your pet loves you, you are the center of her life. Show him too that he is important to you. By this I don't mean to spoil it.

- Believe me when I tell you that you are going to receive a lot from your dog.

- Positive reinforcement: Feel free to read this article about positive reinforcement. It is the basis for successfully training any dog. Even those who are already adults.

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The saying may be true that dog is man's best friend, but many can attest to the fact that it doesn't always start out that way! The simple truth is, some dogs are more inclined than others to behave themselves. Regardless, all dogs need some form of training to improve their behavior patterns.

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The number one dog training tip is to understand that your dog is not beyond training. In fact, your attitude and approach will have great impact on whether your dog gets trained or not. After all, nearly every dog wants to please their master. You need to keep in control of the training and not allow the dog to control you by getting upset or losing your temper. If you respond to his bad behavior by first understanding why he behaves that way in the first place, you will go a long way in gaining the upper hand and seeing him come into submission.

Any dog that exhibits a bad personality doesn't need the situation compounded with your bad attitude. You need to remain calm and show patience and a positive reinforcement when your dog obeys your command. If you don't allow your impatience, anger or frustration to affect your training approach, you will strengthen his desire to respond to the training in a positive manner. He will be more inclined to listen than to resist your commands.

It is also important to keep in mind that your dog didn't become a bad dog overnight. This being the case, you aren't going to change bad behavior overnight either. Even though the end result may not be the docile dog you were hoping for, by remaining consistent throughout the training procedure, your dog will change for the better. By remaining consistent with your approach, you will be surprised at the results. It is almost a certainty that your dog will begin to respond in a positive manner by becoming a better behaved dog.

Because your goal is to train your dog to behave, the effort you put forth to accomplish this goal will be rewarded by a dog that is much more obedient than when you first started the training lessons. Instead of allowing your dog to frustrate you and possibly end up taking the dog to the pound or, even worse abandoning him, once you have made up your mind to be the master by applying proper dog training techniques to your misbehaving dog, you will be glad you did.

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My roommate’s dog is some type of terrier mix and weighs 16 pounds, so he’s pretty small. He was rescued a year ago from a kill shelter, so a lot of his behaviors are because of that. It’s clear that he’s been through a lot of trauma. He is great with humans, but he hates other dogs. I can’t take him outside without having to scope it out to see if there’s other dogs around. Usually when I take him outside, he pulls on the leash like he’s on a mission or something. I have no idea why, but he will actively seek out other dogs to start a fight with. When he does see one, even if they’re a whole football field away, he goes CRAZY. I have to pick him up and he bites and scratches trying to get down just so he can run up to the other dog and scream at it. He’s not my dog, so I get really frustrated that my roommate won’t do anything about his behavior. She claims that she’s tried and that nothing works. We live at a dog-friendly apartment complex, so you can imagine how hard it is for us to go outside and not see another dog. I’m sure our neighbors are tired of hearing him freak out every time he’s outside. Has anybody had a similar experience with their dog? If so, how did you train them?

For those who don’t know, AAC means Alternative and Augmented Communication. Here’s the link to the article in People: https://people.com/pets/dog-learning-to-talk-by-using-a-custom-soundboard-to-speak-im-in-constant-amazement/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-share-article&utm_content=20191104&utm_term=7412043

I’m happy for them, but I’ve been working on a far more simple, but expansive AAC technique. My AAC is designed for a forgetful person with a low budget. I don’t always have props, so my dogs and I use gestures instead of buttons!

It works everywhere so long as both the dog and I are calm enough to listen to each other. It’s cognitive, not conditioned, so it doesn’t have the same generalization issues as conditioned behaviors. My system has allowed immersive language acquisition through fast mapping inferential reasoning.

It’s also opened so many questions. I’m looking forward to figuring them out, though.

This is a demo of my AAC system with my cat: https://youtu.be/-LykgzmJzU0

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This link goes to a free e-book on training dogs beyond the basics of sit, down, etc. It includes lecture, pictures and videos.

If you are a pet professional and want a quick refresher, this is a good one for you to look at. If you are interested in developing a deeper understanding of dog training and behavior beyond pet training, you may enjoy it as well.

You may either read the entire book online or download the pdf to your computer. Whatever works best for you.

Hey everyone. I'm currently enrolled in a program to become a dog trainer (positive reinforcement training). I was just wondering how people structure an average day when it comes to training.

Right now I'm working on helping my dog with separation anxiety and it's been going well so far. Loose leash walking. A couple of tricks.

So far the process hasn't really been scheduled or structured out. I've been doing a lot of reading and just picking random times to do training with my dog, but I'm interested in making it more structured and outlining specific times of day and particular durations for training.

Obviously theres no one way to do it and different people choose schedules that work best for them and the dog. But right now my head is full of a bunch of different tasks and practices that I'm learning and teaching my dog, I'm working now to structure an average day of training in my head and in a way that will be most effective for my dog.

I'll of course raise the question with my own trainer but my next class isnt for a few days and just wondering how different people approach it.

Any books or resources available are also welcomed suggestions.

I've been working on teaching my dog "sit pretty" or "beg" but he is having difficulty holding the position and just sitting on his hind legs. Instead he keeps jumping backwards with his paws up.

Any tips on how to get him to shift to holding it calmly?