Online Content Index for the Juvenile Delinquent Dogs Book
Content below is organized by book chapter/section:
- Chapter 1: Setting Expectations
- Chapter 2: Management
- Chapter 3: Training Techniques
- Chapter 4: Foundation Behaviors And Basic Cues
- Chapter 5: Additional Cues
- Chapter 6: Socialization
- Chapter 7: Evaluating Your Progress
- Part Two: Problem Behaviors
Chapter 1: Setting Expectations
EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS
YOUR ADOLESCENT DOG
Developmental stages during adolescence
OUTGROWING PUPPY BEHAVIORS
Housetraining
Teething/Chewing
Jumping
BREED CONSIDERATIONS
SPAY/NEUTER
MISCONCEPTIONS, MYTHS AND FALLACIES
Dogs Don’t All Want to Please Us
Your Dog Is Not Trying to Dominate You
Dogs Speak “Dog,” Not English
Dogs Are Not Wolves
YOUR DOG’S NEEDS
Nutrition and Weight Management
- How good is the quality of your dog food?
- Should you feed your dog “human” food?
- Does your dry dog food contain corn?
- Is your dog’s diet really complete and balanced?
- Good dental health can prolong your dog’s life, says article in Prevention Magazine
Access to Water
Physical Exercise
Mental Stimulation and Environmental Enrichment
- Have you heard of the sport of K9 Nosework for dog training?
- A new dog sport to try – Treibball
- Exposure to new things: Romeo and the lambs
Sleep and Quiet Time
Predictability and Routine
A Clean and Safe Environment
- Ever been to a chiropractor – with your dog?
- Do you know the signs of heatstroke in your dog?
- Hiking with your dog? Keep an eye out for ticks
- Do you have an evacuation plan in case of emergency?
- Going “green” for your dog
- Backyard hazards for your pets
Opportunities to Be a Dog
DEFAULT BEHAVIORS
DEVELOP GOOD HABITS
Chapter 2: Management
MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Collars, harnesses, and head halters
Leashes, tabs, tethers, drag lines and long lines
Crates, ex-pens and baby gates
MANAGEMENT EXAMPLES
Chewing
Door darting or running away
Housetraining or marking
Chasing the cat
Nipping at the kids
- Training tip – for nipping puppies and mouthy adolescent dogs
- Nipping puppies and mouthy adolescents, part 2
- Nipping puppies and mouthy adolescents, part 3
- How to Control Nipping (instructional video below)
Chapter 3: Training Techniques
HOW WOULD YOU WANT TO LEARN?
WHAT IS A CUE?
What does it mean to know a cue?
What cues should I teach my dog?
CLEAR COMMUNICATION
- What are the consequences for a dog who misbehaves?
- What are the consequences for a dog who misbehaves? Part 2
- What message are you really conveying to your dog?
DIFFERENT WAYS TO TEACH BEHAVIORS
CAPTURING
LURING
- Training Options: Capturing, Luring and Shaping (instructional video below)
CLICKER TRAINING OR REWARD MARKER TRAINING
- Clicker or Verbal Marker (instructional video below)
SHAPING
PHYSICAL PROMPTING, FORCE OR COMPULSION
NO!
MOTIVATORS AND REWARDS
- Training tip – use chilled or frozen treats when it’s hot out!
- It seemed like a good idea at the time!
- Rewards (instructional video below)
PUNISHMENT
Does punishment work?
What does punishment teach your dog?
Other potential pitfalls of punishment
To punish or not to punish?
TRAINING SESSIONS
- Dog training tip – timing is everything!
- Does our dog have a time limit on his patience or easy-going attitude?
- Training tip – incorporate quickie training sessions into your dog’s routine
- Should you feed your dog before going to training class?
- Train in Short Sessions (instructional video below)
- Does our dog have a time limit on his patience or easy-going attitude?
Chapter 4: Foundation Behaviors And Basic Cues
FOUNDATION BEHAVIORS
NAME RECOGNITION
- The Name Game (video available to subscribers of the Basic Training Online Course)
SIT
- Sit (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Sit From a Down Position (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Sit: Troubleshooting (video available to subscribers of online training)
DOWN
- Down (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Down: Troubleshooting (video available to subscribers of online training)
WATCH ME (EYE CONTACT)
- What is the most important thing you can teach your dog?
- Watch Me (video available to subscribers of online training)
BASIC CUES
- Wait vs. Stay (instructional video below)
WAIT – IMPULSE CONTROL
- Taking Treats Gently (video available to subscribers of online training)
WAIT: FOOD BOWL VERSION
- “Out” is a useful cue with your dog when preparing your holiday meal
- Body Blocking (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Food Bowl Exercise (video available to subscribers of online training)
WAIT: DOORWAY VERSION
- Body Blocking (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Door Wait Exercise (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Door Wait: Demo of Finished Behavior (video available to subscribers of online training)
OTHER TIMES TO USE THE WAIT CUE
STAY
- Stay (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Wait vs. Stay (instructional video below)
COME
- Come (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Come: Importance of the Reward ((video available to subscribers of online training)
- Come: Demonstration (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Training challenges: overcoming “My dog will only come when she wants to”
LEASH MANNERS
- Walking can be such a drag!
- Good leash manners prevent injuries
- Loose Leash Walking (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Loose Leash Walking with a Long Line (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Loose Leash Walking with a Short Line (video available to subscribers of online training)
OTHER CHAPTER 4 RESOURCES
- What does sheep herding have to do with dog training? Hint: body blocking
- Testing off-leash readiness with your dog
- Testing off-leash readiness with your dog, revisited
Chapter 5: Additional Cues
HEEL
LEAVE IT
- Leave It Exercise (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Stop your dog from eating rocks, socks and other non-food items
DROP IT
- The ultimate “drop it” test – baby bunnies version
- Drop It (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Preventing possessiveness or resource guarding with puppies
CRATE TRAINING
- Crate Training (video available to subscribers of online training)
- Weaning a dog off the crate
GO TO CRATE/BED
- To Your Bed or Crate (video available to subscribers of online training)
OFF
OUT
Chapter 6: Socialization
UNDERSTANDING DOG BODY LANGUAGE
See the online training for more about dog body language. You will learn to read signs of fear and stress in your dog and see when signs of play activity with other dogs may be escalating toward aggression.
STRESS
SOCIALIZATION TO PEOPLE
SOCIALIZATION TO DOGS
- The benefits of play for dogs
- Case study: relinquished dog has trouble with household dogs
- Aggression toward other dogs and resources for help
DOG PARKS
OTHER SOCIALIZATION RESOURCES
DOG DAY CARE
PLAY DATES AND GROUP TRAINING CLASSES
- My dog is too distracted in class!
- For Denver metro area residents, please see our group class schedule
- Dog Training Choices
Chapter 7: Evaluating Your Progress
WHY YOUR DOG’S BEHAVIOR ISN’T CHANGING
CONSISTENCY
TIME
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT
PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE
Part Two: Problem Behaviors
PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL
BARKING
BARKING AND LUNGING ON LEASH
- Is your dog reactive toward other dogs when on leash?
- When a dog’s arousal is high, it’s hard to make good choices!
BEGGING
CHASING (CATS, SQUIRRELS, RABBITS, CARS, BICYCLISTS, ETC.)
- Do dogs really develop a “taste for blood”?
- Successfully training a dog not to chase cars or anything else
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT DOGS
(NOT) COMING WHEN CALLED
COUNTER SURFING
DESTRUCTIVENESS
DIGGING
DOOR DARTING, ESCAPING, RUNNING AWAY
FEAR OF MEN, CHILDREN, OTHER DOGS, OR OTHER THINGS
Fear of men
Fear of children
Fear of other dogs
Fear of other things
“FORGETFULNESS”
GROOMING AND HANDLING (DIFFICULTY WITH)
HOME ALONE OR UNSUPERVISED
HOUSETRAINING
JUMPING
- Jumping (instructional video below)
- Teaching Polite Greetings Instead of Jumping (instructional video below)
- Help, my dog’s jumping is getting worse!
(NOT) LISTENING WHEN OUTDOORS OR IN PUBLIC
MARKING
NIPPING AND MOUTHING
- Training tip – for nipping puppies and mouthy adolescent dogs
- Nipping puppies and mouthy adolescents, part 2
- Nipping puppies and mouthy adolescents, part 3
- How to Control Nipping (instructional video below)
RESPECT FOR PERSONAL SPACE
RESOURCE GUARDING OR POSSESSION AGGRESSION
Guarding Food from People
Guarding Food from Other Dogs
Guarding Bones and Other High-Value Edibles from People
Guarding Bones and Other High Value Edibles from Other Dogs
Guarding Small Nonfood Items (Toys, Sticks, Shoes, Other) from People
Guarding Small Nonfood Items (Toys, Sticks, Shoes, Other) From Other Dogs
Guarding space or furniture from people
Guarding space or furniture from other dogs
Guarding you or other people from people or other dogs
SEPARATION ANXIETY OR DISTRESS
STEALING OBJECTS
URINATION (SUBMISSIVE OR EXCITEMENT)
RESOURCES
- Appendix A: Goals & Expectations Worksheet – click to view Appendix A in an MS Word/DOC format. It can also be downloaded. To view in PDF, click here.