Dog Training by Kikopup | The moving settle – How to capture calm loose leash walking @kikopup | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
You may know about training a dog to settle and stop worrying and being concerned about the treats you have on your person while laying down, but it is important to also teach the skill while on walks. Often times trainers fall into the trap that when they have food on them the dog expects it to come rapidly so when they don’t get a treat they either get frustrated bored or completely ignore their person. So a lot of newbies might have a dog that can stare at them and walk next to them but as soon as the dog thinks they are not getting another treat they pull ahead. The solution is very simple. You simply encourage the dog to explore the environment, for example pointing to a bush and as the dog is exploring mark and calmly move slowly to feed them a treat, then show you have no more treats in your hands and point again to go explore, when the dog is moving with you, make sure to mark when the dogs head is in a relaxed neutral position facing forward and not up looking at you or the treats. Mark the MOMENT the dog is casually walking and not thinking about the food. Then show the dog there are no more treats and invite them to enjoy the environment. You can also teach the concept of the 1 off treat in the house, where you wait until your dog is calm relaxed and not thinking about food to go and calmly drop a treat between the paws, show the dog you have no more treats, and then go about your business doing something that doesn’t look like a training session. This way the dog learns that they aren’t going to keep getting treats after receiving 1 treat and the pressure is off to “try and make the food happen again” or feel frustrated that they expected more and didn’t get it.
IMPORTANT TIP! This exercise is EASIER to work on in a more distracting environment outside the house and yard. Because it will be easier for your dog to be distracted by the environment. Teaching behaviors and loose leash walking in the home and yard, its ok for your dog to look at you and to use a high rate of reinforcement but on walks its better to mark when your dog is looking forward and walking on a loose leash NOT thinking about the food because then the loose leash walking wont be contingent on looking up or anticipating food.
The settle: youtube.com/watch?v=yr1olzgidMw
2 hours of free video tutorials on youtube on loose leash walking - youtube.com/watch?v=EK6PZ5l-3lI
My 6 week self study course on loose leash walking geared for dogs who can be over excited or stressed when out of the house- Leash Walking Connected - dogmantics.com/product/leash-walking-connected
Join this channel to get access to perks:
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You may know about training a dog to settle and stop worrying and being concerned about the treats you have on your person while laying down, but it is important to also teach the skill while on walks. Often times trainers fall into the trap that when they have food on them the dog expects it to come rapidly so when they don’t get a treat they either get frustrated bored or completely ignore their person. So a lot of newbies might have a dog that can stare at them and walk next to them but as soon as the dog thinks they are not getting another treat they pull ahead. The solution is very simple. You simply encourage the dog to explore the environment, for example pointing to a bush and as the dog is exploring mark and calmly move slowly to feed them a treat, then show you have no more treats in your hands and point again to go explore, when the dog is moving with you, make sure to mark when the dogs head is in a relaxed neutral position facing forward and not up looking at you or the treats. Mark the MOMENT the dog is casually walking and not thinking about the food. Then show the dog there are no more treats and invite them to enjoy the environment. You can also teach the concept of the 1 off treat in the house, where you wait until your dog is calm relaxed and not thinking about food to go and calmly drop a treat between the paws, show the dog you have no more treats, and then go about your business doing something that doesn’t look like a training session. This way the dog learns that they aren’t going to keep getting treats after receiving 1 treat and the pressure is off to “try and make the food happen again” or feel frustrated that they expected more and didn’t get it.
IMPORTANT TIP! This exercise is EASIER to work on in a more distracting environment outside the house and yard. Because it will be easier for your dog to be distracted by the environment. Teaching behaviors and loose leash walking in the home and yard, its ok for your dog to look at you and to use a high rate of reinforcement but on walks its better to mark when your dog is looking forward and walking on a loose leash NOT thinking about the food because then the loose leash walking wont be contingent on looking up or anticipating food.
The settle: youtube.com/watch?v=yr1olzgidMw
2 hours of free video tutorials on youtube on loose leash walking - youtube.com/watch?v=EK6PZ5l-3lI
My 6 week self study course on loose leash walking geared for dogs who can be over excited or stressed when out of the house- Leash Walking Connected - dogmantics.com/product/leash-walking-connected
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UC-qnqaajTk6bfs3UZuue6IQ/join
