This is your 9th training lesson.
Your 3rd Lesson in Intermediate Obedience
As you teach these next level of skills, remember, if you need to go back to earlier lessons for review, feel free to do it. The process of Intermediate Obedience is to get your dog performing the skills easily and without protest. Some skills will still be pushing difficulty, but stick with it. They will get easier.
The big skills this week are continuing the motion exercises. Stand out of motion is our next skill. And keeping in line with the front exercises, we introduce the stand from the front position. Your dog will be at both the sit and down position for this skill. We also introduce the send out. This was first introduced in the Play Training lesson, so it should be started pretty well right now. We will simply formalize it and get it ready for an obedience exercise.
Skills are developed by repetition. Repeat each skill 4 to 6 times to ensure patterns are being set.
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Stand from Heel Position With your dog sitting at your left side, command your dog to "Stand". Step with your left leg and place finger under his belly to hold left leg. Stand beside the dog, then leave your dog. Hold position for 30 seconds to one minute. Often times if you make it look like you are beginning to walk, your dog will move to the stand position. Then right away command the stay. |
Stand out of motion As you are walking, command your dog to "Stand". Step with your left leg and place finger under his belly to hold left leg. Pause for a moment beside the dog, then leave your dog with your hips facing forward. Hold this position for 30 seconds to one minute.
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Stand from the front sit position With your dog in the sit position. Stand in front of the dog. While the dog is in the sit position, hold the treat in your right hand and move it outward as you command the dog to "Stand". If he fails to respond, tug toward you, while holding the leash in the left hand.Give the command "No", step forward and move the right hand outward, and again give the command "Stand". Pet and praise when they respond. - OR - From the sit position, step in front of the dog. As you lift your right hand, command the dog to "Stand". Step forward and let the dog see the treat. Step back with the treat in your hand so that the dog follows it, then bring your hands up and command the dog to "Stand". To correct, with the leash in the left hand, tug toward you as you give verbal and hand signal to "Stand". Praise and pet when they respond
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Stand from the front down position With your dog in the down position. Stand in front of the dog. While the dog is in the down position, hold the treat in your right hand and move it outward as you command the dog to "Stand". If he fails to respond, tug toward you, while holding the leash in the left hand.Give the command "No", step forward and move the right hand outward, and again give the command "Stand". Pet and praise when they respond. - OR - From the down position, step in front of the dog. As you lift your right hand, command the dog to "Stand". Step forward and let the dog see the treat. Step back with the treat in your hand so that the dog follows it, then bring your hands up and command the dog to "Stand". To correct, with the leash in the left hand, tug toward you as you give verbal and hand signal to "Stand". Praise and pet when they respond
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Send out The send out command is an exercise where you send your dog away from you in the direction your are pointing. Very helpful when you need to send your dog to bed, outside, to the car or back to a resting spot.
After he eats the food off the dish, entice him to come to you with treats and kiss sounds and walk him a few feet further from the food dish then before. Have the dog "Sit and Stay", and start the process all over again. If he fails to obey, get him closer to the food dish. Repeat this process three or four times.
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Stand and Down Have the dog the in the neutral position. With the leash in the left hand and the treat in the right (show the dog the food), command the dog to "Stand" and when he responds, give him the treat. Quickly command the dog "Down" by placing another treat about two inches behind his front paws. Praise. Repeat several times, making sure that the dog's elbows hit the ground first. (push ups)
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Off leash Recall By now we should be able to call your dog in from a sit stay from a fair amount of distance, without the leash. As your dog is successful keep adding more and more distance between you and your dog. If you dog is unable to complete the off leash recall, put the leash back on and repeat several times. Try again off leash.
Command the dog to "Sit" if needed.
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Finish Keep working the finish skill until your dog flies into this position. Face the dog and hold the leash in your right hand. Place your left hand under his chin. Motion the dog with your hand to your left as you take a step back and the dog makes a semicircle and comes to sit at your left side. Praise. If the dog has problems with this, assist with gentle tugs of the leash. (To much leash promotes resistance) Make sure the dog is sitting straight at your side. If not, quickly command the dog to "Heel", take a few steps forward and command the dog to "Sit". Repeat this step until the dog sits straight at your side. This exercise may still require motivation with treats or a toy to get your dog to put in enough energy to complete the move. This is normal. This exercise requires a lot of effort from your dog, so help them as much as possible until the skill is automatic.
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Practice these skills several times a day throughout your training course.