Before you start teaching your dog the positions, set yourself and your dog up for success by preparing the environment with everything you need. In addition to preparing the environment, prepare yourself. Your dog should understand the meaning of his conditioned reinforcer (CR) before you start. If he doesn’t, go back and play the eye-contact …
Controlling and training your dog is relatively easy in comparison to trying to control and train the humans in the world. It’s particularly difficult when they seem determined to undermine your efforts to make sure your dog is a polite and well-behaved member of society. “But I Don’t Mind” You’ve seen them; they’re the people …
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By now, you probably realize that it’s not enough to just stop your dog from jumping up on people. You have to give her something to do instead of jumping, too. During the training process, avoid giving your dog the chance to make the mistake of jumping up, and insist that everyone who interacts with …
You need to teach your little jumping bean what to do instead of jumping. During the process, you have to do something to keep him from being successful in getting his feet on people. Controlling Jumping at Home If your dog is like most pet dogs, he spends the majority of his time at home. …
Like so many of the things that dogs do that people find unacceptable, jumping up is a normal part of canine communication and interaction. From the time they are identifying as dogs at three weeks old they use jumping up as a way to solicit things they want, and as a way to play and …
