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Javi: left side trot

Hendrick had already practiced down-stay individually with duration, distance, and distractions. Here I added the distraction of setting up a kibble find towel while he held his down-stay. Note that I cued him "down" only one time. When he got up to inspect the towel I used a hand signal to get him back to down without repeating his cue word. I also took note that I had pushed the challenge so ...

Poppy & Roux: Keep Away Chase

With Stool this is easiest for Javi because the stool itself is a clear cue to put his front paws up so I began saying "paws up" as he was doing it or just before. When I said "off" he knew he was supposed to do something but wasn't quite sure. I gave him a few seconds to think about it then lured him off. The second time I gave subtle body movement to help him understand what I wanted with "of...

A platform or a mat can help your pup know that you want them to stay in the same place for the lured sit, down, and stand so I started there with Javi. In the beginning I rewarded for every lured change of position and I mixed up the order though if you were doing reps for strength training, you might stick with a pattern for a certain amount of reps. In the second example, we're not using the...

This is the early stage of teaching Sit Pretty. Before this video we did some lured Sit, Down, Stand reps to get Javi's core warmed up. Here we are doing about 5 reps in a row of lured Sit Pretty to build Javi's strength. I'm just starting to lengthen the hold a bit on some reps for him to build duration. Notice that it's best to start this in a Sit. Next steps include build duration, fade the ...

Chef: Brush then Feed

Chef: Combing/Brushing Behind Ears

Chef: Feed While Brushing/Combing

Dog burpees on a microfiber rug to dry off paws in a low-conflict way! Win-win! The basic level is to do this with a food lure. Here I'm practicing Chef's hand signals for Sit, Down, Stand in random order and then his verbal cues. You could add Spin to this if your pup knows that. Note that when he doesn't understand a verbal cue after 1-3 seconds, I then follow up with the hand signal that I k...

For pups that don't like their paws and undersides wiped, this is a low-conflict way to get the job done. Have a microfiber rug by the door and lure your dog into a sit, down, stand, and turns in various orders so they are "wiping" their paws and undersides for you. Doubles as some strength training ("dog burpees") for your pup! You can advance the game by doing the same thing with hand signals...

An All-the-Way Down is a great skill to teach if you want to clip or Dremel nails yourself. It's also a great way for your pup to opt in to nail clipping or out once this basic skill is established (head relaxed means proceed; head raised means no or pause). Here Chef is at the beginning. We practice on each side because handling the paws on the bottom is way easier for the pups, however at thi...

Chef is perfectly fine when I clip the harness on but is a little bothered when I unclip it. To help him through that I have my left hand preloaded with a few treats and try to feed to his mouth right as I unclip each buckle. You can see my timing is off on one of them and he swings his head to inspect the thing that moved on him. But he recovers for the last buckle. For Chef I also had a mat b...

Chef: Body Handling in Grooming Area

Chef: Condition the Grooming Area (platform version)

Chef: Condition the Grooming Area (tether version)

Chef: "Get Your Toy"

Chef: Minimalist Tug

Chef: Race to Dead Toy (Jolly Ball) then Tug

Chef: Flirt Pole

Chef: Kibble Find in Kiddie Pool

Chef: Wet Puppy Roll Around

Chef: Dinner Kibble Search (Free Work)

Hendrick: Baby Free Work Course

Hendrick: Intro to Auto Check In

Hendrick: Counting Game with Chew Toy

Hendrick: Intro to Counting Game

Poppy: Safe Back-and-Forth Flirt Pole

Poppy: Flirt Pole Letting Me Know She's Done