Say It Once Dog Training

Does your dog DEMAND affection. you have to be careful that your dog doesn’t become a control freak. You don’t want them demanding and telling you when it’s time to get them food, affection, toys etc. Make sure you set clear boundaries with your dog so they don’t get the wrong impression.

Does your dog bark at people that walk by?? Try this! I personally think we spend too much time reacting to our dogs poor behavior, instead of being proactive and teaching the correct behavior. Having a little porch time with your dog is beyond helpful, not just for the barking, but also teaching your dog to generally remain calm outside. Here’s what you’ll need! A leash, place bed, your dogs training collar, their food or a frozen treat like Roscoe’s absolute favorite @Dogsters 🍦🐶 Do not distract your dog from looking around in the neighborhood by saying their name, or waving food in front of their face to get them to look into your eyes. Your two options are simple. Allow them to watch the world and you can reward them for checking in with you. Or give them something of value to eat, which will help them decompress while watching the world go by. At this point, your dog should be relatively good at holding their place command, The only things that you will correct is getting off of the place bed, or reactive barking. Barking is normal, but you do need to put a limit to it if your dog cannot do it themselves. If they bark once from being startled , I would not intervene. As soon as I deem the barking to be a nuisance, I simply say no, and use leash pressure to stop my dog. if you have questions about barking, ask away! ⬇️

Do I live in a fairytale land? Dogs are meant for so much more. It’s a common line that’s said, my dog doesn’t like the rain. Let me tell you why. Because of humans. We rush and panic our dogs in the rain, because it’s an inconvenience for us to get wet. “Hurry up, let’s go” etc rushing dogs and creating a negative association with the rain. It is truly as simple as, start to take them out when it’s raining for fun activities. Other dogs are also the best teachers. One thing I’m very proud of is when we hold group class in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, or Washington D.C. if it’s raining, our clients show up and get to work. It’s so awesome, but it really does come down to the culture we create. Take your dog out with another dog in the rain, and watch them have the best time in their life. Rolling in the mud, drinking outta puddles, and having a blast being a dog. Put that raincoat on, get yoir towel ready for when you come back, but man oh man, let your dog live outside of the tight bubble that we confine them too. Maybe I’m crazy, but this seems so extreme to me. I can’t imagine living like this? Thoughts

Meet Captain Crunch and follow along for our puppy training series 🙌❤️ What puppy questions do you have? Yes and No, two of the most important words your dog will ever learn. Let’s start with yes/clicker = food is coming and talk about the most common mistakes. Invest in a fanny pack or a hoodie, because you don’t want to condition your word yes or clicker while you have food in your hand. The food should be hidden. If your puppy is staring at the food in your hand, they will not even hear the noise that is made, and will not be able to figure out that that noise predicts food is coming. You need to do this in every room in your house, and then outside in your front and backyard as well. We often have a particular area in the house where we train, and the dog listens there perfectly but nowhere else. When your dog understands that yes/clicker means food is coming it makes teaching anything else in the future much easier. It gives a clear understanding of what behaviors will achieve rewards. For puppies, I love starting with a clicker. While they are getting used to hearing all of these voices inside the home consistently, the clicker noise is something that they will only hear during these specific exercises. I’ll end up doing 4-5 lessons with CC today. Let me know if you have any puppy questions!

The perfect schedule for a puppy. Too many puppy owners are trying to entertain their new puppies into oblivion, creating addicts of stimulation. Beyond that, we are terrible at multitasking, and letting your puppy run amuck while working, doing chores, or generally not available. Instead do this. Give your puppy what they need; mental and physical exertion, socialization, and PLAY! Potty your dog both before and after the Play Exercise or Training, and then place them in the crate so your dog can get uninterrupted sleep. This ensures no bad habits will also be learned while your back is turned. Do you put anything inside of your dog crate?

I don’t care if you’re going upstairs to take a five minute shower, going outside to grab the mail down the street, if you’re not gonna be in front of your puppy, put them inside a crate! The last thing that you want is for your puppy to learn habits that eventually you will have to pay me to fix!

What is your dog afraid of? I think dogs should be absolute gladiators and need to grow up and learn that can do EVERYTHING! I want them so confident they would try anything physically possible. Sometimes, no matter, if you carry a bag of chicken, or plead with your dog until the cows come home, there is a mental barrier that your dog cannot overcome in order to achieve a physical task. This is where simple pressure and release methods can shine. What I mean by that, if I’m going to put pressure on. Ottos Koller until he starts to move forward towards the pool. I will not drag him forward, but I will add pressure as he is stationary. He will learn and turn to shut off all of this pressure all I have to do is move forward. You learn the same thing driving your car. When you drive your car and you’re trying to do five things at once, and you forget to plug in your seatbelt right away, it will add pressure to you. (The annoying beep) until you comply. There are a lot of dogs, who afraid of steps, jumping onto simple surfaces, going into the pool, jumping in the car and 1 million other different fears that are usually overcome. You can start small, but you want to set small physical tasks that your dog has mental block where they believe they can’t do something. When you overcomes small task, like that together, you can literally see your dog grow. I love taking my personal dogs to Unused kids playgrounds and have them jump all over the different elevations and surfaces because I do believe that building a confident dog is one of the most important keys to success. I also like to make different obstacles for my dogs, and I want to challenge them frequently more importantly, I don’t think it’s fair if my dogs live life with stress and anxiety over something that I can help them overcome!

Stop repeating your self. (Say It Once Dog Training) If you say the word, you make your dog do it if they do not comply! I don’t care if it’s for stay come or no, do not give them the belief that they do not have to comply. Remember, these are commands, not suggestions.

Your dog is most likely to make mistakes when they’re tired, and the goal is to limit the mistakes from happening so as our dog doesn’t create habits that are going to be detrimental in the future. I dislike the mindset that you can’t 1) put your dog in the crate when they’re psychotic, and 2) correct your dog in the crate while they’re psychotic. What are your questions?

Too many dogs can heel, but they can’t be free without pulling. These dogs struggle to make good decisions on their own, so we are forced to micromanage their behavior. It’s vital to teach your dog, how to heal, teaching him how to follow, you will help your relationship, help establish a healthy status of leading and following, and is a extremely important skill for your every day life. Teaching your dog to walk loosely in a free will help teach your dog how to make better decisions on their own, without the need of micromanagement from you, the owner! when do I use the free walk or the heel walk? For dogs that really struggle with behavior problems, I love teaching a structured, following walk, because of the importance of having your dog look at you for direction, and the effects it has on your relationship, when your dog learns to follow the leader. Also, in public, I really don’t want to give my dog, 6 foot of leash around kids, running around, crossing the street, and shopping plazas or Parks etc. With all of that being said, I want to be able to switch to a free walk where my dog can sniff the grass roll around in generally do what they want. I do use the sit command as the in between to either walking style. Before I switch from one to the other, I make my dog sit to make it more noticeable and easier to understand for the dog that we are doing something different. in the free walk, I will not use food when the dog checks in, they are no longer “working” and this is also the style of walking. I use when I need a mental break for myself. Once you’ve mastered this on a 6 foot leash, I always recommend that you start this process to a 15 foot leash for people that enjoy hiking or taking their dogs to local parks to have more freedom, this would be the natural progression.

“I don’t mind” can ruin your dog training. if you plan on controlling your dog, you also need to let your dog know that you can control the environment around them. It’s important to make your dog wait for things they love in their life so that we don’t set a bad precedent that they will immediately get whatever it is they want like a spoiled child. stick up for your dog as well. My dogs love everyone, but even with that being said, I still don’t want random strangers, sticking their face or their hands into my dog’s face. Even the friendliest dog in the entire world still has the potential to bite, and being startled, or surprised with their personal space being invaded would be a very common way for a dog to snap. Any thoughts or questions, or anything you would like to add? ⬇️

Teach your dog how to problem solve! Most people are so fast to re-say the command, instead of allowing the dog time to think and process what is actually going on. Remember, Say It Once Dog Training! this also introduces a healthy amount of stress for your dog to overcome. Let’s say that your dog consistently is guessing wrong or not getting the answer, that means that you’re moving too fast and your dog doesn’t fully understand the task at hand. But, you should be pushing your puppy as fast as they are willing to go! Also, how cute is this dog 😍⬇️